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Presentation 2019-07-28 10:30
Comprehension of underspecified iterative meaning in Japanese
Yao-Ying Lai, Michiru Makuuchi (National Rehabilitation Center), Maria Pinango (Yale Univ.), Hiromu Sakai (Waseda Univ.) TL2019-31
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) This study examines the processing of sentences like "The athlete jumped for 20 minutes", which involve an iterative meaning that is morpho-syntactically absent yet well understood by comprehenders (vs. "jogged for 20 minutes" that involves no iteration) in Japanese. We cross two Verb Types, Punctual (e.g., jump) vs. Durative (e.g., jog), and two Intervals denoted by for-adverbials, Short (e.g., 10 minutes) vs. Long (e.g., 1 year), in a naturalness rating experiment and a self-paced reading experiment.
Ex: "The athlete [jumped/jogged] for [20 minutes/1 year] at the gym...."
In addition, we investigate the impact of individuals' autistic traits, measured by Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), on real-time meaning comprehension.
Results show that sentence with underspecified iterative meaning, regardless of verb type, engendered additional processing cost, argued to reflect a search of lexical conceptual representation and context for the underspecified meaning. Also, sentence comprehension is subject to individuals' processing styles indexed by autistic traits: individuals with high AQ spent significantly longer times at the sentence-final region than those with low AQ, likely reflecting a propensity for deliberation or a difficulty in meaning integration.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) aspectual coercion / sentence processing / underspecification / partition measure / lexical semantics / autism / Japanese / self-paced reading  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 119, no. 151, TL2019-31, pp. 101-106, July 2019.
Paper # TL2019-31 
Date of Issue 2019-07-20 (TL) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee TL  
Conference Date 2019-07-27 - 2019-07-28 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Hirao Seminar House, Konan University 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Human Language Processing and Learning 
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Conference Code 2019-07-TL 
Language English 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Title (in English) Comprehension of underspecified iterative meaning in Japanese 
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Keyword(1) aspectual coercion  
Keyword(2) sentence processing  
Keyword(3) underspecification  
Keyword(4) partition measure  
Keyword(5) lexical semantics  
Keyword(6) autism  
Keyword(7) Japanese  
Keyword(8) self-paced reading  
1st Author's Name Yao-Ying Lai  
1st Author's Affiliation National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (National Rehabilitation Center)
2nd Author's Name Michiru Makuuchi  
2nd Author's Affiliation National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (National Rehabilitation Center)
3rd Author's Name Maria Pinango  
3rd Author's Affiliation Yale University (Yale Univ.)
4th Author's Name Hiromu Sakai  
4th Author's Affiliation Waseda University (Waseda Univ.)
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Date Time 2019-07-28 10:30:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
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Paper # TL2019-31 
Volume (vol) vol.119 
Number (no) no.151 
Page pp.101-106 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2019-07-20 (TL) 

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