Negative polarity illusions
H Muller, C Phillips - 2020 - academic.oup.com
Although decades of research have illuminated the licensing requirements, both syntactic
and semantic, of negative polarity items, the matter of how these licensing requirements are …
and semantic, of negative polarity items, the matter of how these licensing requirements are …
Investigating a neural language model's replicability of psycholinguistic experiments: A case study of NPI licensing
The recent success of deep learning neural language models such as Bidirectional Encoder
Representations from Transformers (BERT) has brought innovations to computational …
Representations from Transformers (BERT) has brought innovations to computational …
Processing sentences with multiple negations: Grammatical structures that are perceived as unacceptable
I de-Dios-Flores - Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This investigation draws from research on negative polarity item (NPI) illusions in order to
explore a new and interesting instance of misalignment observed for grammatical sentences …
explore a new and interesting instance of misalignment observed for grammatical sentences …
Positive polarity items: an illusion of ungrammaticality
W Orth, S Sloggett, M Yoshida - Language, Cognition and …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Negative Polarity Item (NPIs) produce an illusion of grammaticality in some
contexts with negation. Many approaches to modelling the NPI illusion propose that it is …
contexts with negation. Many approaches to modelling the NPI illusion propose that it is …
[HTML][HTML] Lexical variation in NPI illusions–A case study of German jemals' ever'and so recht'really'
J Schwab, J Schwab - Glossa Psycholinguistics, 2023 - escholarship.org
The illusory licensing of negative polarity items has been an insightful phenomenon for
accounts of human sentence processing, as its extreme selectivity has proven problematic to …
accounts of human sentence processing, as its extreme selectivity has proven problematic to …
[PDF][PDF] Lexical variation in NPI illusions–NPI illusions as a scalar phenomenon
J Schwab - Glossa Psycholinguistics, 2022 - escholarship.org
In illusory negative polarity item (NPI) licensing, an unlicensed NPI is temporarily perceived
to be licensed in the presence of a negative element at a structurally irrelevant position …
to be licensed in the presence of a negative element at a structurally irrelevant position …
[PDF][PDF] NPI Licensing and Intrusion Effect in Korean
Human cognition has been shown to be subject to illusions of various types. Language is no
exception. Linguistic illusions in sentence processing are cases where speakers appear to …
exception. Linguistic illusions in sentence processing are cases where speakers appear to …
Active Assignment of Quantifier Scope Guides Language Processing
WJ Orth - 2023 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation investigates how scope relations are constructed and evaluated during real-
time human sentence processing. Theoretical approaches to processing scope relations …
time human sentence processing. Theoretical approaches to processing scope relations …
What could go wrong? Linguistic illusions and incremental interpretation
HE Muller - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The systems underlying incremental sentence comprehension are, in general, highly
successful-comprehenders typically understand sentences of their native language quickly …
successful-comprehenders typically understand sentences of their native language quickly …
Processing of the Mandarin polarity item renhe 'any'
The Mandarin renhe is similar to the English any in terms of polarity sensitivity (;;;;).
However, the following phenomena regarding any in relative clause environments have not …
However, the following phenomena regarding any in relative clause environments have not …