Jennifer Spenader
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1241900 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Jennifer Spenader |
| PRENOMES | Jennifer |
| SOBRENOME | Spenader |
| ASSINATURA | SPENADER J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2837-1500 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2004 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Learning lexical tone through statistical learning in non-tone language speakers
This study investigates the role of statistical learning in the learning of lexical tones by non-tone language speakers. Over two experiments, participants were exposed to tone-syllable combinations with conditioned patterns. Experiment 1 used a typical statistical learning paradigm without feedback to assess participants' ability to discriminate tone-syllable combinations. The results revealed significant syllable learning but not tone learning.…
Exhaustivity and homogeneity effects with distributive-share markers
There are two competing approaches to the semantics of distributive-share markers: they are either universal distributive quantifiers over events or are merely event-plurality markers. To address this debate, we present new conclusions based on novel experiments with Serbian transitive sentences in which the distributive-share marker po was attached to the direct object. The first two experiments investigated exhaustivity effects in transitive se…
Dancing monkeys in Serbian and Korean – exhaustivity requirements on distributive share markers
In some languages, distributive markers/quantifiers can attach to the argument that is being distributed (the distributive share), as opposed to the restrictor of the sentence (the distributive key). Researchers agree that distributive share markers can also distribute over events (and not only individuals), but disagree as to what these markers are semantically – universal distributive quantifiers or event plurality (pluractional) markers. In th…
Event-distributivity and exhaustivity
Distributive-share markers such as jeweils in German or po in Serbian allow for event-distributive readings, where events are distributed over spatio-temporal units, unlike distributive quantifiers such as each in English that only allow individual-distributive readings. Some researchers propose that German jeweils should be analyzed as a universal event-distributive quantifier. In contrast, other researchers claim distributive share markers (e.g…
Collective preferences in Dutch revealed by a covered-box experiment
Sentences with plural expressions are compatible with distributive and collective interpretations. Adults generally prefer collective interpretations, whereas children do not. Dotlačil (2010) argues that the adult collective preference arises via an implicature. Adults can reason about alternative utterances with the distributive marker each , thereby ruling out distributive interpretations in favor of collective interpretations. Experiment 1 use…
Children's comprehension of contrastive connectives
Production studies show connective acquisition by age 3;0, but comprehension studies show errors until 9;0 or older. To further investigate this gap, two comprehension tasks were carried out with 78 Dutch children between the ages of 7;0 and 10;1, testing contrastive maar ‘but’ and causal want ‘because’ connectives for comparison. An existing context choice task and a task that tested children's ability to interpret pronouns dependent on the conn…
Result and Purpose relations with and without 'so
Is the Dutch Delay of Principle B Effect dependent on verb type
Dutch children interpret reflexives correctly from age 4 on, but frequently misinterpret object pronouns as coreferring with the local subject until age 6. We investigated whether this so-called Delay of Principle B Effect (DPBE) differs by verb type. We tested 47 children between 4 and 6 years old with regular transitive verbs (e.g., to hit ) and grooming verbs (e.g., to wash ), verbs that often refer to self-directed actions. In general, childr…
Defining Antonymy
Using small sets of adjectival seed antonym pairs, we automatically find patterns where these pairs co-occur in a large corpus of Dutch, and then use these patterns to extract new antonym pairs. Evaluation of extracted pairs by five human judges showed that automatic scores correlate with human evaluation and that pattern-based methods can be used to extract new antonym pairs. The majority of extracted pairs were noun-noun pairs, contrary to expe…
Coherent discourse solves the pronoun interpretation problem
Many comprehension studies have shown that children as late as age 6 ; 6 misinterpret object pronouns as co-referring with the referential subject about half the time. A recent review of earlier experiments testing children's interpretation of object pronouns in sentences with quantified subjects (Elbourne, 2005) also suggests that there is a ‘Pronoun Interpretation Problem’. In contrast, two experiments addressing English children's pronoun prod…
Contrast as denial in multi-dimensional semantics
Pronouns in competition
It is well known that English children between the age of 4 and 6 display a so-called Delay of Principle B Effect (DPBE) in that they allow pronouns to refer to a local c-commanding antecedent. Their guessing pattern with pronouns contrasts with their adult-like interpretation of reflexives. The DPBE has been explained as resulting from a lack of pragmatic knowledge or insufficient cognitive resources. However, such extra-grammatical accounts can…
Modality Realization as Contrast in Discourse
In discourse, frequently the truth value of a proposition is an issue under discussion. When speakers determine the actual truth value of an issue, they often mark this with phonetic focus on the finite verb. The phonetic focus in these utterances is argued to be a contrastive marking, signaling a contrast between the unspecified modality of some information in an earlier state and the determined truth value.
Defining Antonymy
Using small sets of adjectival seed antonym pairs, we automatically find patterns where these pairs co-occur in a large corpus of Dutch, and then use these patterns to extract new antonym pairs. Evaluation of extracted pairs by five human judges showed that automatic scores correlate with human evaluation and that pattern-based methods can be used to extract new antonym pairs. The majority of extracted pairs were noun-noun pairs, contrary to expe…
Contrast as denial in multi-dimensional semantics
Result and Purpose relations with and without 'so
Modality Realization as Contrast in Discourse
In discourse, frequently the truth value of a proposition is an issue under discussion. When speakers determine the actual truth value of an issue, they often mark this with phonetic focus on the finite verb. The phonetic focus in these utterances is argued to be a contrastive marking, signaling a contrast between the unspecified modality of some information in an earlier state and the determined truth value.
Pronouns in competition
It is well known that English children between the age of 4 and 6 display a so-called Delay of Principle B Effect (DPBE) in that they allow pronouns to refer to a local c-commanding antecedent. Their guessing pattern with pronouns contrasts with their adult-like interpretation of reflexives. The DPBE has been explained as resulting from a lack of pragmatic knowledge or insufficient cognitive resources. However, such extra-grammatical accounts can…
Coherent discourse solves the pronoun interpretation problem
Many comprehension studies have shown that children as late as age 6 ; 6 misinterpret object pronouns as co-referring with the referential subject about half the time. A recent review of earlier experiments testing children's interpretation of object pronouns in sentences with quantified subjects (Elbourne, 2005) also suggests that there is a ‘Pronoun Interpretation Problem’. In contrast, two experiments addressing English children's pronoun prod…
Contrast as denial in multi-dimensional semantics
Defining Antonymy
Using small sets of adjectival seed antonym pairs, we automatically find patterns where these pairs co-occur in a large corpus of Dutch, and then use these patterns to extract new antonym pairs. Evaluation of extracted pairs by five human judges showed that automatic scores correlate with human evaluation and that pattern-based methods can be used to extract new antonym pairs. The majority of extracted pairs were noun-noun pairs, contrary to expe…
Is the Dutch Delay of Principle B Effect dependent on verb type
Dutch children interpret reflexives correctly from age 4 on, but frequently misinterpret object pronouns as coreferring with the local subject until age 6. We investigated whether this so-called Delay of Principle B Effect (DPBE) differs by verb type. We tested 47 children between 4 and 6 years old with regular transitive verbs (e.g., to hit ) and grooming verbs (e.g., to wash ), verbs that often refer to self-directed actions. In general, childr…
Result and Purpose relations with and without 'so
Children's comprehension of contrastive connectives
Production studies show connective acquisition by age 3;0, but comprehension studies show errors until 9;0 or older. To further investigate this gap, two comprehension tasks were carried out with 78 Dutch children between the ages of 7;0 and 10;1, testing contrastive maar ‘but’ and causal want ‘because’ connectives for comparison. An existing context choice task and a task that tested children's ability to interpret pronouns dependent on the conn…
Dancing monkeys in Serbian and Korean – exhaustivity requirements on distributive share markers
In some languages, distributive markers/quantifiers can attach to the argument that is being distributed (the distributive share), as opposed to the restrictor of the sentence (the distributive key). Researchers agree that distributive share markers can also distribute over events (and not only individuals), but disagree as to what these markers are semantically – universal distributive quantifiers or event plurality (pluractional) markers. In th…
Event-distributivity and exhaustivity
Distributive-share markers such as jeweils in German or po in Serbian allow for event-distributive readings, where events are distributed over spatio-temporal units, unlike distributive quantifiers such as each in English that only allow individual-distributive readings. Some researchers propose that German jeweils should be analyzed as a universal event-distributive quantifier. In contrast, other researchers claim distributive share markers (e.g…
Collective preferences in Dutch revealed by a covered-box experiment
Sentences with plural expressions are compatible with distributive and collective interpretations. Adults generally prefer collective interpretations, whereas children do not. Dotlačil (2010) argues that the adult collective preference arises via an implicature. Adults can reason about alternative utterances with the distributive marker each , thereby ruling out distributive interpretations in favor of collective interpretations. Experiment 1 use…
Exhaustivity and homogeneity effects with distributive-share markers
There are two competing approaches to the semantics of distributive-share markers: they are either universal distributive quantifiers over events or are merely event-plurality markers. To address this debate, we present new conclusions based on novel experiments with Serbian transitive sentences in which the distributive-share marker po was attached to the direct object. The first two experiments investigated exhaustivity effects in transitive se…
Learning lexical tone through statistical learning in non-tone language speakers
This study investigates the role of statistical learning in the learning of lexical tones by non-tone language speakers. Over two experiments, participants were exposed to tone-syllable combinations with conditioned patterns. Experiment 1 used a typical statistical learning paradigm without feedback to assess participants' ability to discriminate tone-syllable combinations. The results revealed significant syllable learning but not tone learning.…
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