Diego Feinmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 3077167 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diego Feinmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diego |
| FAMILY NAME | Feinmann |
| SIGNATURE | FEINMANN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5492-7114 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A note on relevance
In this paper, I present novel data that challenge the dominant approach to modelling linguistic relevance, according to which a sentence is relevant if and only if it is informative to the Question Under Discussion (QUD). In particular, I show that a sentence can fail to be informative to the QUD and, despite this, still be perceived as relevant. In the final section, I outline the theoretical implications of this finding.
Domain restriction
Distinguishing Homogeneity From Vagueness
The question of whether the gappiness associated with vague sentences is of the same kind as the gappiness associated with homogenous sentences has been raised but not settled. In this article, I set out to fill this gap. To begin with, I examine the arguments that have been given for and against assimilating homogeneity to the phenomenon of vagueness (and contend that none of these arguments, neither the positive nor the negative ones, are concl…
Language and Thought in the Motion Domain
This study investigates whether there is a relation between how motion is linguistically expressed and how it is conceptualised. To do this, native speakers of two languages that differ typologically in how they encode telic motion (English and Spanish) are compared in both a verbal and a non-verbal experiment. The preferred non-verbal methods to test the linguistic relativity hypothesis in this domain have so far been recognition memory and bina…
Language and Thought in the Motion Domain
This study investigates whether there is a relation between how motion is linguistically expressed and how it is conceptualised. To do this, native speakers of two languages that differ typologically in how they encode telic motion (English and Spanish) are compared in both a verbal and a non-verbal experiment. The preferred non-verbal methods to test the linguistic relativity hypothesis in this domain have so far been recognition memory and bina…
Language and Thought in the Motion Domain
This study investigates whether there is a relation between how motion is linguistically expressed and how it is conceptualised. To do this, native speakers of two languages that differ typologically in how they encode telic motion (English and Spanish) are compared in both a verbal and a non-verbal experiment. The preferred non-verbal methods to test the linguistic relativity hypothesis in this domain have so far been recognition memory and bina…
Distinguishing Homogeneity From Vagueness
The question of whether the gappiness associated with vague sentences is of the same kind as the gappiness associated with homogenous sentences has been raised but not settled. In this article, I set out to fill this gap. To begin with, I examine the arguments that have been given for and against assimilating homogeneity to the phenomenon of vagueness (and contend that none of these arguments, neither the positive nor the negative ones, are concl…
Domain restriction
A note on relevance
In this paper, I present novel data that challenge the dominant approach to modelling linguistic relevance, according to which a sentence is relevant if and only if it is informative to the Question Under Discussion (QUD). In particular, I show that a sentence can fail to be informative to the QUD and, despite this, still be perceived as relevant. In the final section, I outline the theoretical implications of this finding.
Linguistics (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (2 works) · Advanced Algebra and Logic (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (1 works)