A nonparametric approach for statistical comparison of results from alternative forced choice experiments

Author(s):  
Frédéric Noo ◽  
Adam Wunderlich ◽  
Dominic Heuscher ◽  
Katharina Schmitt ◽  
Zhicong Yu
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Carolyn Jane Anderson

Although perspectival expressions are a diverse group, they share a common property: their meanings depend on the perspective of a discourse-given individual whose identity is under-specified. This paper investigates how perspective holder prominence is determined through a series of forced choice experiments on American English motion verbs exploring a number of discourse factors: definiteness, mention order, topicality, and subjecthood. The results suggest that both global and local prominence effects play a role in determining how perspectival motion verbs are interpreted.


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