An Eye-Movement Analysis of Ambiguity Resolution
Beyond Meaning Access
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11273298 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine S Binder (0000-0003-0711-5751, Mount Holyoke College, corresponding author), Robin K Morris (University of South Carolina) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 305-330 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Processes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0163853x.2011.577391 |
| OpenAlex | W2036575776 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 38 |
The research reported here addresses the status of the unselected meaning of a lexically ambiguous word in developing the larger meaning of the text by independently manipulating lexical and discourse-level variables in the text. In a series of 3 eye-movement experiments, participants read passages that contained 2 occurrences of an ambiguous word. The meaning of the ambiguous word either switched from 1 encounter to the next (Experiments 1 and 2) or remained consistent across encounters (Experiments 1 and 3), and the authors manipulated whether the second occurrence of the ambiguous word referred to the same discourse entity or a different entity. Facilitation was observed in initial processing time on ambiguous words when the meaning was consistent from first to second encounter, regardless of referential relations. Switching the meaning between encounters did not influence how accessible the initially unselected meaning was, but it did produce processing difficulty in the post-target region. These results suggest that the lexical status of the (initially) unselected meaning remains unchanged while the availability of this information for the purposes of text integration changes with changes in the configuration of the discourse representation
Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Art · Eye movement · Meaning (existential · Movement (music · Advanced Text Analysis Techniques · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Data Visualization and Analytics · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
Lexical ambiguity and fixation times in reading
Noun-phrase anaphora and focus
Language Comprehension as Structure Building
Updating a mental model
Mechanisms that improve referential access
Comprehension strategies in the development of a mental model.
Processes involved in the resolution of explicit anaphors
Comprehending referential expressions during reading
Meaning Selection and the Subcortex
Priming in Sentence Processing
The Form of Referential Expressions in Discourse
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2019 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |