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Resolving Semantic Ambiguity

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. David S. Gorfein

    1. Department of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, USA

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Part of the book series: Cognitive Science (COGNITIVE SCIEN)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Resolving Semantic Ambiguity: An Introduction

      • Andrea Bubka, David S. Gorfein
      Pages 3-12

    3. Varieties of Ambiguity: What Are We Seeking?

      • Greg B. Simpson
      Pages 13-21

  3. Lexical Access and Post-Access Processing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. What’s in a Context?

      • Patrizia Tabossi
      Pages 25-39

    3. Dynamic Contextual Processes and Lexical Access

      • Greg B. Simpson, George Kellas
      Pages 40-56

    4. When Does “Soar” Become “Sore”? Some Comments on the Chapter of Simpson and Kellas

      • David S. Gorfein, Marianne F. Walters
      Pages 57-62

    5. Lexical Ambiguity and Context: An Activation-Suppression Model

      • W. Trammell Neill
      Pages 63-83

    6. A Context-Sensitive Frequency-Based Theory of Meaning Achievement

      • David S. Gorfein, Andrea Bubka
      Pages 84-106

  4. Representation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
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    2. Accessing the Bilingual Lexicon

      • Marilyn Chapnik Smith
      Pages 109-125

    3. On Knowing How Many Entries

      • Kenneth I. Forster
      Pages 126-145

    4. Systematicity and Semantic Ambiguity

      • Lawrence W. Barsalou, Dorrit Billman
      Pages 146-203

    5. Some Ambiguities in the Study of Ambiguity

      • Robert R. Hoffman
      Pages 204-222

  5. Ambiguity in Text

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. On the Comprehension of Lexical Ambiguity by Young Children: Investigations into the Development of Mental Modularity

      • David Swinney, Penny Prather
      Pages 225-238

    3. Disambiguation and Cognitive Control

      • Paul Whitney, Matthew B. Clark
      Pages 239-251

  6. Cognitive Science and Ambiguity: An Overview and Expansion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Computational Models of Ambiguity Resolution

      • Graeme Hirst
      Pages 255-275
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About this book

Resolving Semantic Ambiguity arrrays the work of leading theorists on the issues surrounding the meaning and interpretation of ambiguous text. The chapters are organized around three major themes: (1) retrieval, (2) representation of words, and (3) text as a context. The book offers a number of new challenges to the role of context in language processing, some striking new evidence on the repetition of homographs in different contexts, and new approaches to resolution capable of being incorporated into either modular or network models. In several papers the problem of ambiguity is extended to include the problem of weak ambiguity and understanding text themes. The book provides a unique starting point for researchers approaching the problems of meaning in cognitive science, psychology, and computational linguistics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Adelphi University, Garden City, USA

    David S. Gorfein

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Resolving Semantic Ambiguity

  • Editors: David S. Gorfein

  • Series Title: Cognitive Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3596-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-96906-0Published: 01 May 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3596-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1887

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 337

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence

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