Constructional variation in Estonian: Demonstrative pronouns and adverbs as determiners in noun phrases
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103030
Abstract: Abstract In Estonian, demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adverbs can be used as determiners in NPs to express similar meanings (cf. selles majas ‘in this house’ and siin majas ‘in this house [here]’). Using multifactorial corpus… read more here.
Keywords: adverbs determiners; estonian demonstrative; constructional variation; demonstrative pronouns ... See more keywords
Interpreting Estonian Demonstratives: The Effects of Referent’s Distance and Visual Salience
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553226
Abstract: Most of the research done with spatial demonstratives (words such as this, here and that, there) have focused on the production, not the interpretation, of these words. In addition, emphasis has been largely on demonstrative… read more here.
Keywords: interpretation; visual salience; distance visual; demonstrative pronouns ... See more keywords
A Bayesian Approach to German Personal and Demonstrative Pronouns
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.672927
Abstract: When faced with an ambiguous pronoun, an addressee must interpret it by identifying a suitable referent. It has been proposed that the interpretation of pronouns can be captured using Bayes’ Rule: P(referent|pronoun) ∝ P(pronoun|referent)P(referent). This… read more here.
Keywords: demonstrative pronouns; personal demonstrative; referent; model ... See more keywords