A characteristic function equation for two‐interval forced‐choice experiments

1980 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 351-352
Author(s):  
W. M. Hartmann
Keyword(s):  
Characteristic Function ◽  
Choice Experiments ◽  
Forced Choice

scholarly journals Coming in, or going out? Measuring the effect of discourse factors on perspective prominence

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Carolyn Jane Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Common Property ◽  
American English ◽  
Choice Experiments ◽  
Forced Choice ◽  
Motion Verbs ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Global And Local

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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