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Is Now-or-Never language processing good enough?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2016

Fernanda Ferreira  and
Kiel Christianson
Fernanda Ferreira
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 fferreira@ucdavis.edu http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/people/fferreir
Kiel Christianson
Affiliation:
College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820. kiel@illinois.edu http://epl.beckman.illinois.edu/
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Abstract

Christiansen & Chater's (C&C's) Now-or-Never bottleneck framework is similar to the Good-Enough Language Processing model (Ferreira et al. 2002), particularly in its emphasis on sparse representations. We discuss areas of overlap and review experimental findings that reinforce some of C&C's arguments, including evidence for underspecification and for parsing in “chunks.” In contrast to Good-Enough, however, Now-or-Never does not appear to capture misinterpretations or task effects, both of which are important aspects of comprehension performance.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e72
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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