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Psycholinguistic (argument vs adjuncts) Psycholinguistic theories must explain how syntactic representations are built incrementally during sentence comprehension. One view that has sprung from psycholinguistics is, Argument Structure Hypothesis (ASH), which explains the distinct cognitive operations for argument and adjunct attachment: arguments are attached via the lexical mechanism, but adjuncts are attached using general (non-lexical) grammatical knowledge that is represented as phrase structure rules or the equivalent.
Argument status determines the cognitive mechanism which a phrase will be attached to the developing syntactic representations of a sentence. Psycholinguistic evidence supports a formal distinction between arguments and adjuncts, for any questions about the argument status of a phrase are, in effect, questions about learned mental representations of the lexical heads. Psycholinguistic research on sentence comprehension holds promise. It can reveal subtle distinctions that we are unaware of and may not be easily examined in institutions.
Truecamus1225 (talk) 02:46, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
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Relevant Theories
Argumentation theory focuses on how logical reasoning leads to end results through an internal structure build of premises, a method of reasoning and a conclusion. There are many versions of argumentation that relate to this theory that include: conversational, mathematical, scientific, interpretive, legal, and political.
Grammar theory, specifically functional theories of grammar, relate to the functions of language as the link to fully understanding linguistics by referencing grammar elements to their functions and purposes.
A variety of theories exist regarding the structure of syntax, including but not limited to Generative Grammar, Categorial grammar, and Dependency grammar.
Modern theories of semantics include formal semantics, lexical semantics, and computational semantics. Formal semantics focuses on truth conditioning. Lexical Semantics delves into word meanings in relation to their context and computational semantics uses algorithms and architectures to investigate linguistic meanings.
The concept of valence is the number of of argument that are linked to a predicate. There is also verb valency which links arguments to the subject of the verbs.
- Lindsey Santerian
History of Argument Linguistics
The concept of argument structure was first come up with in the 1980s by researchers at the Government- Binding framework to help address the controversies about arguments. Argument Structure
Akapoor1 (talk) 04:02, 17 June 2016 (UTC)
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There is a distinction between arguments and adjuncts which isn’t really noticed by many in everyday language. The difference is between obligatory phrases versus phrases which embellish a sentence. For instance, if someone says “Tim punched the stuffed animal” , the phrase stuffed animal would be an argument because it is the main part of the sentence. If someone says, “Tim punched the stuffed animal with glee”, the phrase with glee would be an adjunct because it just enhances the sentence and the sentence can stand alone without it http://www-personal.umich.edu/~damont/TutunjianBoland2008LangLingCompassPrePub.pdf.
The reference that I used is Tutunjian, D., & Boland, J. E. (2008). Do We Need a Distinction between Arguments and Adjuncts? Evidence from Psycholinguistic Studies of Comprehension. Language and Linguistics Compass, 2(4), 631-646. doi:10.1111/j.1749-818x.2008.00071.x
Hi everyone, today is our final day to post. I finished organizing all the info and removed all the unnecessary information. If everyone can finalize their sections before 5pm I will move all the info onto the page. Thanks! Lsanterian (talk) 13:27, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
Hello all,
Our posts and expanded paragraphs have been added to the wiki page. Great job and it was awesome working with you all.
Lsanterian (talk) 01:40, 28 June 2016 (UTC)