Interestingly, one can show that in the propositional case, this prediction is equivalent toφ(d)⇔ φ(>), i.e. we only need to consider one possible sentence completion β: the tautology. Importantly however, this is only a (very efficient) technical shortcut and lengthy tautologous pieces are not necessary (see Chemla, 2006). This first part of the theory accounts for the core projection facts: p...

Fragile X syndrome is the first cause of hereditary mental retardation. Numerous studies have approached the physical and behavioural phenotypes. This paper will review the main characteristics of speech and language in children with fragile X syndrome. Boys show a late language acquisition, differing comprehension and expression levels, good semantic and syntax acquisition, and speech problems...

The objective of this study was to investigate the psycholinguistic abilities of children with Williams syndrome (WS) and typically developing children using the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA). Performance on the ITPA was analysed in a group with WS (N=20, mean age=8.5 years, SD=1.62) and two typically developing groups, matched in mental (MA, N=20, mean age=4.92 years, SD=1...

ix CHAPTER I. EPILEPSY 1 Historical Perspective .... 2 Current Concepts and Diagnosis 4 Classification of the Epilepsies 7 Grand Mai 8 Petit Mai 9 Temporal Lobe or Psychomotor Seizures 10 Jacksonian 10 Prevalence 13 II. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY. 16 The Intelligence of Epileptics 18 Institutionalized and Public School Epileptics 20 The Effects of Brain Damage 22 Deteriorat...

This article describes psycholinguistic lexical databases available in various languages, including English, Spanish and Portuguese. These lexical databases are important for researchers in Psycholinguistics and other related areas, providing a pool of experimental materials and allowing for an efficient process of selection of these experimental materials. The process of gathering statistics i...

Double R Model (Referential and Relational Model) is a computational psycholinguistic model of natural language understanding founded on the linguistic principles of Cognitive Linguistics and implemented using the ACT-R cognitive architecture and modeling environment

To engage successfully in conversational activities, participants need to coordinate and synchronise their talk with the of interlocutors. Apart from a set social strategies natural routines involved sequence organisation, significant contributor this goal is psycholinguistic mechanism identified as interactive alignment. The present study out examine whether alignment occurs L2 speech upper in...

Despite flourishing research on the relationship between emotion and literal language, and despite the pervasiveness of figurative expressions in communication, the role of figurative language in conveying affect has been underinvestigated. This study provides affective and psycholinguistic norms for 619 German idiomatic expressions and explores the relationships between affective and psycholin...