Tense and Discourse Structure: The Timeline Hypothesis

Autor/inn/en	Göbel, Alexander; Frazier, Lyn; Clifton, Charles, Jr.
Titel	Tense and Discourse Structure: The Timeline Hypothesis
Quelle	In: Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 58 (2021) 9, S.852-868 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Göbel, Alexander) ORCID (Frazier, Lyn) ORCID (Clifton, Charles, Jr.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0163-853X
DOI	10.1080/0163853X.2021.1924040
Schlagwörter	Morphemes; Phrase Structure; Figurative Language; Discourse Analysis; Form Classes (Languages); Rating Scales; Computational Linguistics; Language Tests; Narration; Language Processing; Language Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphem; Phrasenstruktur; Diskursanalyse; Analytischer Sprachbau; Rating-Skala; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Language test; Sprachtest; Sprachverarbeitung; Sprachforschung
Abstract	Recent studies of appositives have turned up differences between sentence-medial appositives and sentence-final appositives, for instance, in their availability for discourse continuations. Three experiments investigated whether medial appositives are more difficult to comprehend than final appositives and if so why. Experiment 1 tested coordinating (Narration) versus subordinating (Elaboration) discourse relations in sentence-medial or sentence-final position. Coordinating relations received lower naturalness ratings in general but especially in medial position. We propose a timeline hypothesis that coordinating (Narration) relations in medial position are difficult because the processor constructs a narrative timeline from earlier to later times and avoids ordering an event later on the timeline than an event whose description has not yet been completed. An interpretation study of ambiguous appositives confirmed the timeline hypothesis (Experiment 2). In Experiment 3, the appositive event was disambiguated to either precede or follow the main clause event on the narrative timeline. Sentences with medial appositives disambiguated to precede the main clause event received higher naturalness ratings than those disambiguated to follow the main clause event, as expected on the timeline hypothesis. (As Provided).
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