Two experiments examined the impact of different kinds of representations on the accessibility of negated text information. Participants read narratives containing a color term that was mentioned either within the scope of an explicit negative or not, and with the described situation being such that the corresponding color was either present or not. Accessibility of the color term was measured ...

Abstract This article examines the formal and functional features of a recurring ‘away’ gesture in Syuba (Tibeto-Burman, Nepal). The properties this include pronation forearms to bring palms downward while fingers spread away, is most often performed with both hands. Functionally, it found utterances that signal negation, particularly absence something. A growing body literature links trajector...

The aim of this article is to provide a formal analysis of non-local Genitive of Negation in Polish, a phenomenon occurring in so-called ‘clause union’ environments and consisting in the genitive case being assigned to an object of a lower verb when a higher verb is negated, instead of the expected accusative. In particular, I examine two aspects of such non-local Genitive of Negation, occasion...

Various experiments have shown scene-motion thresholds to be greater when the scene moves with the direction of the head turn than when the scene moves against the direction of the head turn. In fact, a virtual scene may appear to be more stable in space when moving slightly with the head turn than when the scne does not move. In this position paper, we discuss current investigations into this ...