Description: Asymmetries between Language Production and Comprehension by Petra Hendriks This book asserts that language is a signaling system rather than a code, based in part on such research as the finding that 5-year-old English and Dutch children use pronouns correctly in their own utterances, but often fail to interpret these forms correctly when used by someone else. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book asserts that language is a signaling system rather than a code, based in part on such research as the finding that 5-year-old English and Dutch children use pronouns correctly in their own utterances, but often fail to interpret these forms correctly when used by someone else. Emphasizing the unique and sometimes competing demands of listener and speaker, the author examines resulting asymmetries between production and comprehension. The text offers examples of the interpretation of word order and pronouns by listeners, and word order freezing and referential choice by speakers. It is explored why the usual symmetry breaks down in children but also sometimes in adults. Gathering contemporary insights from theoretical linguistic research, psycholinguistic studies and computational modeling, Asymmetries between Language Production and Comprehension presents a unified explanation of this phenomenon."Through a lucid, comprehensive review of acquisition studies on reference-related phenomena, Petra Hendriks builds a striking case for the pervasiveness of asymmetries in comprehension/production. In her view, listeners systematically misunderstand what they hear, and speakers systematically fail to prevent such misunderstandings. She argues that linguistic theory should take stock of current psycholinguistic and developmental evidence on optionality and ambiguity, and recognize language as a signaling system. The arguments are compelling yet controversial: grammar does not specify a one-to-one correspondence between form and meaning; and the demands of the mapping task differ for listeners and speakers. Her proposal is formalized within optimality theory, but researchers working outside this framework will still find it of great interest. In the language-as-code vs. language-as-signal debate, Hendriks puts the ball firmly in the other court." Ana Pérez-Leroux, University of Toronto,Canada Back Cover This book asserts that language is a signaling system rather than a code, based in part on such research as the finding that 5-year-old English and Dutch children use pronouns correctly in their own utterances, but often fail to interpret these forms correctly when used by someone else. Emphasizing the unique and sometimes competing demands of listener and speaker, the author examines resulting asymmetries between production and comprehension. The text offers examples of the interpretation of word order and pronouns by listeners, and word order freezing and referential choice by speakers. It is explored why the usual symmetry breaks down in children but also sometimes in adults. Gathering contemporary insights from theoretical linguistic research, psycholinguistic studies and computational modeling, Asymmetries between Language Production and Comprehension presents a unified explanation of this phenomenon. "Through a lucid, comprehensive review of acquisition studies on reference-related phenomena, Petra Hendriks builds a striking case for the pervasiveness of asymmetries in comprehension/production. In her view, listeners systematically misunderstand what they hear, and speakers systematically fail to prevent such misunderstandings. She argues that linguistic theory should take stock of current psycholinguistic and developmental evidence on optionality and ambiguity, and recognize language as a signaling system. The arguments are compelling yet controversial: grammar does not specify a one-to-one correspondence between form and meaning; and the demands of the mapping task differ for listeners and speakers. Her proposal is formalized within optimality theory, but researchers working outside this framework will still find it of great interest. In the language-as-code vs. language-as-signal debate, Hendriks puts the ball firmly in the other court." Ana P Table of Contents 1 Understanding and Misunderstanding .- 2 Asymmetries in Language Acquisition .- 3 The Listeners Perspective .- 4 The Speakers Perspective .- 5 Symmetry and Asymmetry Across Languages .- 6 Competing Perspectives .- Appendix .- Index. Feature Offers the first unified explanation of several asymmetries between language production and language comprehension Asserts that grammar is shaped by the competition between the speakers perspective and the hearers perspective Combines insights in theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics and computational modeling on the organization, use and acquisition of language Details ISBN9400769008 Author Petra Hendriks Short Title ASYMMETRIES BETWEEN LANGUAGE P Publisher Springer Series Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics Language English ISBN-10 9400769008 ISBN-13 9789400769007 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Number 42 Birth 1964 Year 2013 Imprint Springer Place of Publication Dordrecht Country of Publication Netherlands Pages 234 Edition 2014th DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6901-4 Publication Date 2013-08-13 Edition Description 2014 ed. Alternative 9789401785082 DEWEY 415 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations XI, 234 p. 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