Context Accommodation in Human Language Processing

Jerry Ball

2010

Abstract

This paper describes a model of human language processing (HLP) which is incremental and interactive, in concert with prevailing psycholinguistic evidence. To achieve this, the model combines an incremental, serial, pseudo-deterministic processing mechanism, which relies on a non-monotonic mechanism of context accommodation, with an interactive mechanism that uses all available information in parallel to select the best choice at each choice point.

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Ball J. (2010). Context Accommodation in Human Language Processing . In Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLPCS, (ICEIS 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-13-3, pages 27-36. DOI: 10.5220/0003024500270036


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@conference{nlpcs10,
author={Jerry Ball},
title={Context Accommodation in Human Language Processing},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLPCS, (ICEIS 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={27-36},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003024500270036},
isbn={978-989-8425-13-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Science - Volume 1: NLPCS, (ICEIS 2010)
TI - Context Accommodation in Human Language Processing
SN - 978-989-8425-13-3
AU - Ball J.
PY - 2010
SP - 27
EP - 36
DO - 10.5220/0003024500270036