Priming methods in semantics and pragmatics

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mora Maldonado ◽  
Benjamin Spector ◽  
Emmanuel Chemla
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Structural Priming ◽  
Powerful Method ◽  
Linguistic Data ◽  
Linguistic Representations ◽  
Semantics And Pragmatics ◽  
Theories Of Meaning

AbstractStructural priming is a powerful method to inform linguistic theories. We argue that this method extends nicely beyond syntax to theories of meaning. Priming, however, should still be seen as only one of the tools available for linguistic data collection. Specifically, because priming can occur at different, potentially conflicting levels, it cannot detect every aspect of linguistic representations.

Development of Instruments for Assessing Linguistic Intelligence in Elementary School

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dea Sinta Maharani ◽  
Otang Kurniaman
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Intelligence Assessment ◽  
The World ◽  
Semantics And Pragmatics ◽  
Homeroom Teachers

Linguistic intelligence is one of eight multiple intelligences that currently attracts attention in the world of education. Linguistic intelligence is a person's ability to speak both verbally and in writing, besides that people who have linguistic intelligence also master the components of linguistic intelligence which consists of phonology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The type of research used is research and development (R & D) with a 4D model. The subjects in this study were experts as validators, fifth grade students for trials and homeroom teachers in elementary schools. Data collection is done by giving a questionnaire to the validator. In this study the researchers concluded that the product of the developed linguistic intelligence assessment instrument was declared feasible to be used based on the results of validation of 86% with very feasible categories. The obstacle in developing the product of this instrument of linguistic intelligence assessment is the lack of knowledge of the school about the importance of linguistic intelligence for students in elementary schools. 

Naming and Indexicality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Bochner
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
Context Dependency ◽  
Critical Survey ◽  
Advanced Students ◽  
Semantics And Pragmatics ◽  
History Of ◽  
Truth Conditional ◽  
Epistemic Constraints ◽  
Theories Of Meaning

How do words stand for things? Taking ideas from philosophical semantics and pragmatics, this book offers a unique, detailed, and critical survey of central debates concerning linguistic reference in the twentieth century. It then uses the survey to identify and argue for a novel version of current 'two-dimensional' theories of meaning, which generalise the context-dependency of indexical expressions. The survey highlights the history of tensions between semantic and epistemic constraints on plausible theories of word meaning, from analytic philosophy and modern truth-conditional semantics, to the Referentialist and Externalist revolutions in theories of meaning, to the more recent reconciliatory ambition of two-dimensionalists. It clearly introduces technical semantical notions, theses, and arguments, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step guides. Wide-ranging in its scope, yet offering an accessible route into literature that can seem complex and technical, this will be essential reading for advanced students, and academic researchers in semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy of language.

scholarly journals Structural priming is a useful but imperfect technique for studying all linguistic representations, including those of pragmatics

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Rees ◽  
Lewis Bott
Keyword(s):  
Structural Priming ◽  
Linguistic Representations

AbstractStructural priming is a useful tool for investigating linguistics representations. We argue that structural priming can be extended to the investigation of pragmatic representations such as Gricean enrichments. That is not to say priming is without its limitations, however. Interpreting a failure to observe priming may not be as simple as Branigan & Pickering (B&P) imply.

scholarly journals Pesan Dakwah Dalam Lirik Lagu Menyambut Lebaran Karya Pendhoza

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-133
Author(s):  
Ferdian Achsani ◽  
Siti Aminah Nur Laila
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Powerful Method ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
The World ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
Qualitative Data Collection ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Dakwah merupakan salah satu kewajiban yang harus dilaksanakan bagi umat Islam di dunia. Dalam menyampaikan dakwah atau bersyiar, pendakwah harus memerhatikan materi-materi yang sesuai dengan Alquran dan Hadis. Selain itu, pendakwah atau da’i juga pelu memerhatikan penggunaan metode yang mendukung keberhasilannya dalam berdakwah. Tujuan penggunaan metode dakwah sendiri selain untuk menarik minat mad’u juga agar pesan yang disampaikan dapat lebih mudah diterima oleh mad’u. Lirik lagu sering menjadi metode ampuh bagi para penyair dalam mensyiarkan agama. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bentuk pesan dakwah yang terdapat pada lirik lagu Menyambut Lebaran karya Pendhoza. Penelitian ini termasuk dalam deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik baca dan catat, yaitu dengan membaca dan mencatat lirik dan isi dalam lirik lagu Menyambut Lebaran. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pesan dakwah dalam lirik lagu menyambut lebaran yaitu kewajiban menjalankan ibadah puasa di bulan Ramadan, sabar dalam menjalankan ibadah puasa, fastabikhul khairat, memperbanyak shalat tarawih dan membaca alquran, membayar zakat, menjauhi perbuatan tercela di bulan Ramadan, silaturahmi di hari raya, mengenakan baju baru di hari raya, saling meminta maaf dan memaafkan terhadap sesama manusia. Da'wah is one of the obligations that must be carried out for Muslims in the world. In delivering da'wah or singing, preachers must pay attention to materials that are in accordance with the Qur'an and Hadith. In addition, preachers or preachers also need to pay attention to the use of methods that support their success in preaching. The purpose of using the da'wah method is not only to attract madam's interest but also so that the message delivered can be more easily received by madam. Song lyrics are often a powerful method for poets to broadcast religion. This research will describe the form of missionary messages contained in the lyrics of the song Welcome Lebaran by Pendhoza. This research is included in descriptive qualitative. Data collection techniques using the technique of reading and note taking, namely by reading and recording the lyrics and contents in the song lyrics Welcoming Lebaran. The results of the study show that some of the da'wah messages in the lyrics of the song welcome lenbaran such as: the obligation to carry out fasting in Ramadan, be patient in fasting, fastabikhul khairat, increase tarawih prayers and read the Koran, pay zakat, avoid disgraceful acts in Ramadan, hospitality in the day Raya, wearing new clothes on holiday, apologizing to one another and forgiving fellow human beings, etc.Kata Kunci: Dakwah, Lirik Lagu, Pendhoza

scholarly journals An experimental approach to linguistic representation

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly P. Branigan ◽  
Martin J. Pickering
Keyword(s):  
Information Structure ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Structural Priming ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Semantic Level ◽  
Thematic Relations ◽  
Linguistic Representations ◽  
Acceptability Judgments ◽  
Do So

AbstractWithin the cognitive sciences, most researchers assume that it is the job of linguists to investigate how language is represented, and that they do so largely by building theories based on explicit judgments about patterns of acceptability – whereas it is the task of psychologists to determine how language is processed, and that in doing so, they do not typically question the linguists' representational assumptions. We challenge this division of labor by arguing that structural priming provides an implicit method of investigating linguistic representations that should end the current reliance on acceptability judgments. Moreover, structural priming has now reached sufficient methodological maturity to provide substantial evidence about such representations. We argue that evidence from speakers' tendency to repeat their own and others' structural choices supports a linguistic architecture involving a single shallow level of syntax connected to a semantic level containing information about quantification, thematic relations, and information structure, as well as to a phonological level. Many of the linguistic distinctions often used to support complex (or multilevel) syntactic structure are instead captured by semantics; however, the syntactic level includes some specification of “missing” elements that are not realized at the phonological level. We also show that structural priming provides evidence about the consistency of representations across languages and about language development. In sum, we propose that structural priming provides a new basis for understanding the nature of language.

scholarly journals Structural priming and the representation of language

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly P. Branigan ◽  
Martin J. Pickering
Keyword(s):  
Mental Representation ◽  
Structural Priming ◽  
Powerful Method ◽  
Cognitive Sciences ◽  
Linguistic Structure ◽  
Alternative Approaches

AbstractStructural priming offers a powerful method for experimentally investigating the mental representation of linguistic structure. We clarify the nature of our proposal, justify the versatility of priming, consider alternative approaches, and discuss how our specific account can be extended to new questions as part of an interdisciplinary programme integrating linguistics and psychology as part of the cognitive sciences of language.

scholarly journals The relationship between priming and linguistic representations is mediated by processing constraints

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Robert Slevc ◽  
Iva Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Structural Priming ◽  
Memory And Attention ◽  
Syntactic Knowledge ◽  
Linguistic Representations ◽  
Cognitive Faculties ◽  
Linguistic Input ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractUnderstanding the nature of linguistic representations undoubtedly will benefit from multiple types of evidence, including structural priming. Here, we argue that successfully gaining linguistic insights from structural priming requires us to better understand (1) the precise mappings between linguistic input and comprehenders' syntactic knowledge; and (2) the role of cognitive faculties such as memory and attention in structural priming.

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