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The Impact of Syntax on the Interpretation and Graphical Depiction of Underspecified Propositions

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:05 authored by Aaron Kalb, Dave Barker-Plummer, Richard Cox, Robert Dale
Different representational systems permit differing degrees and forms of ambiguity and underspecification in the content they represent. Independently of this observation, a notable feature of natural language as a representational system is that it allows the same content to be expressed in different ways. In this paper, we examine the interaction of these two obser- vations; in particular, we explore a number of linguistic forms involving underspecified content, and look at how subjects ex- press the content of these linguistic forms both in logic and in diagrams. Our analysis demonstrates that variations in syntac- tic realization of the same semantic content lead to different interpretations of that content.

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  • Published

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Lawrence Erlbaum

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  • paper

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32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (2010)

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Portland, Oregon

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conference

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  • Informatics Publications

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  • Yes

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2012-02-06

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