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Papers by Arie Verhagen
Language and Literature, 2015
In recent times, researchers across a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social science... more In recent times, researchers across a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences have been interested in the human ability to process embedded mindstates, also known as ‘multiple-order intentionality’ (MOI): A believes that B thinks that C intends (etc.). This task is considered increasingly cognitively demanding with every order of embedding added. However, we argue that the way in which the information relevant to the task is represented in language (in particular, using a narrative) greatly influences how well people are able to deal with MOI cognitively. This effect can be illustrated by paraphrasing situations presented by a play such as Shakespeare’s Othello: by the end of Act II the audience has to understand that Iago intends that Cassio believes that Desdemona intends that Othello believes that Cassio did not intend to disturb the peace. Formulated this way, using sentence embedding to express the intentional relationships, this is highly opaque. At the sa...
Cognitive Linguistics, 1994
Analytic causative constructions can best be described äs extensions of simpler kinds of expressi... more Analytic causative constructions can best be described äs extensions of simpler kinds of expressions, rather than äs reductions from more complex underlying structures. In particular, causatives of intransitive predicates (e.g. I made Mary cryj are viewed äs modelled on simple two-participant clauses (like I ate the cake,), and causatives of transitive predicates (e.g. He had the servant taste the foodj are seen äs modelled on simple threeparticipant clauses (like I gave Mary a flower, or She broke it with a hammer-i.e. mainly ditransitive and instrumental clause types).
Today's most influential psycholinguistic models of language production assume that functional el... more Today's most influential psycholinguistic models of language production assume that functional elements, such äs articles, conjunctions and prepositions, are produced äs a result of the computation of the syntactic structure of an utterance. These models are maximally structure-generating in that each non-terminal node in a syntactic tree is seen äs an active procedure specialized in Computing one particular type of phrase or constituent. The knowledge a Speaker puts to use in the process of sentence production then consists predominantly of sets of rules or procedures that operate on minimal declarative input: the mental lexicon, containing the content words (with their syntactic properties) to be retrieved frorn memory under the control of the conceptualizing module, i.e. äs a result of cognitive activities like thinking and planning. In this paper we argue that this idea of the division of labour between memory and computation cannot in general be correct, in view of the distribution of pauses with respect to functional elements. As an alternative, it is proposed that the cognitive Status of many of the linguistic structures people produce, though they may in principle be computed, is that of established declarative Schemata, with a functional element serving to retrieve such a Schema, including its semantic properties, frorn memory.
Cognitive Linguistics, 1992
Page 1. Praxis of linguistics: Passives in Dutch* ARIE VERHAGEN Abstract This paper ... theories ... more Page 1. Praxis of linguistics: Passives in Dutch* ARIE VERHAGEN Abstract This paper ... theories Cognitive Linguistics 3-3 (1992), 301-342 0936-5907/92/0003-0301 $2.00 © Walter de Gruyter Page 2. 302 A. Verhagen for us. Especially ...
Cognitive Linguistics, 2011
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Cognitive Linguistics, 2000
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Recontextualizing Language and Linguistics, 2000
Form and Use of Viewpoint Tools across Languages and Modalities, 2000
Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 2006
Lot Occasional Series, Dec 1, 2003
Wie sich Sprachen ihren Weg bahnen ARIE VERHAGEN Wie sich Sprachen ihren Weg bahnen: Spezifische ... more Wie sich Sprachen ihren Weg bahnen ARIE VERHAGEN Wie sich Sprachen ihren Weg bahnen: Spezifische vs. allgemeine grammatikalische Konstruktion im Vergleich 1
In het schrijfprocesonderz.oek heefl zieh een verschmvmg voorgedaan van onderzoek waarm cogmtteve... more In het schrijfprocesonderz.oek heefl zieh een verschmvmg voorgedaan van onderzoek waarm cogmtteve processen van mdividuele schryvers cenlraal staan, naar onderzoek met meer aandachl voor de soaale context waarm schrijvers functioneren In dit artikel (her)introduceren wij een derde onderzpeksperspectief m het schnjfprocesonderzoek het linguistische Aan de hand van een voorbeeld van een interactwneel schnjfprocei gaan we m op de linguistische middelen die samenwerkende schrijvers tot hun beschikkmg hebben en ook daadwerkelijk mzetten om tegengestelde standpunten in een tektf te integreren m het bijzonder besteden we aandacht aan polyfone tekstkenmerken en zins(her)schikkmg l Inleiding
In discourse studies, certain types of clauses are assigned the Status of discourse segments (mos... more In discourse studies, certain types of clauses are assigned the Status of discourse segments (mostly: adverbial clauses and non-restrictive relatives), whereas others are not (mostly: subject and complement clauses, and restrictive relatives). First a general principle is presented concerning conceptual dependency between clauses, which allows for an explanation of this practice in so far äs it is correct, and which also accounts for certain exceptions. The main pari of this paper is devoted to the argument that this dependency between matrix and embedded clauses reflects the dependency between two dimensions of discourse Interpretation, i.e. the dimension of 'mental space' organization on the one band, and the dimension of informational content on the other. It is proposed that this distinction is an integral pari of the semantics of finite complement constructions; these indicate, with more or less specificity, some relationship between a mental space and the Information embedded in it, or a relationship of causality. These might be viewed äs manifestations of the same relationship in two domains; in both cases the matrix expresses a framework determining the Interpretation of the embedded clause a subjective framework in the first case, and an objective one in the second. It is furthermore claimed that this characterization of the 'complementation construction' is complete and exhaustive; in particular, the traditional division of such constructions inlo 'subject clauses' and Object clauses' lacks both descriptive and explanatory power.
Language and Literature, 2015
In recent times, researchers across a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social science... more In recent times, researchers across a variety of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences have been interested in the human ability to process embedded mindstates, also known as ‘multiple-order intentionality’ (MOI): A believes that B thinks that C intends (etc.). This task is considered increasingly cognitively demanding with every order of embedding added. However, we argue that the way in which the information relevant to the task is represented in language (in particular, using a narrative) greatly influences how well people are able to deal with MOI cognitively. This effect can be illustrated by paraphrasing situations presented by a play such as Shakespeare’s Othello: by the end of Act II the audience has to understand that Iago intends that Cassio believes that Desdemona intends that Othello believes that Cassio did not intend to disturb the peace. Formulated this way, using sentence embedding to express the intentional relationships, this is highly opaque. At the sa...
Cognitive Linguistics, 1994
Analytic causative constructions can best be described äs extensions of simpler kinds of expressi... more Analytic causative constructions can best be described äs extensions of simpler kinds of expressions, rather than äs reductions from more complex underlying structures. In particular, causatives of intransitive predicates (e.g. I made Mary cryj are viewed äs modelled on simple two-participant clauses (like I ate the cake,), and causatives of transitive predicates (e.g. He had the servant taste the foodj are seen äs modelled on simple threeparticipant clauses (like I gave Mary a flower, or She broke it with a hammer-i.e. mainly ditransitive and instrumental clause types).
Today's most influential psycholinguistic models of language production assume that functional el... more Today's most influential psycholinguistic models of language production assume that functional elements, such äs articles, conjunctions and prepositions, are produced äs a result of the computation of the syntactic structure of an utterance. These models are maximally structure-generating in that each non-terminal node in a syntactic tree is seen äs an active procedure specialized in Computing one particular type of phrase or constituent. The knowledge a Speaker puts to use in the process of sentence production then consists predominantly of sets of rules or procedures that operate on minimal declarative input: the mental lexicon, containing the content words (with their syntactic properties) to be retrieved frorn memory under the control of the conceptualizing module, i.e. äs a result of cognitive activities like thinking and planning. In this paper we argue that this idea of the division of labour between memory and computation cannot in general be correct, in view of the distribution of pauses with respect to functional elements. As an alternative, it is proposed that the cognitive Status of many of the linguistic structures people produce, though they may in principle be computed, is that of established declarative Schemata, with a functional element serving to retrieve such a Schema, including its semantic properties, frorn memory.
Cognitive Linguistics, 1992
Page 1. Praxis of linguistics: Passives in Dutch* ARIE VERHAGEN Abstract This paper ... theories ... more Page 1. Praxis of linguistics: Passives in Dutch* ARIE VERHAGEN Abstract This paper ... theories Cognitive Linguistics 3-3 (1992), 301-342 0936-5907/92/0003-0301 $2.00 © Walter de Gruyter Page 2. 302 A. Verhagen for us. Especially ...
Cognitive Linguistics, 2011
ABSTRACT
Cognitive Linguistics, 2000
ABSTRACT
Recontextualizing Language and Linguistics, 2000
Form and Use of Viewpoint Tools across Languages and Modalities, 2000
Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 2006
Lot Occasional Series, Dec 1, 2003
Wie sich Sprachen ihren Weg bahnen ARIE VERHAGEN Wie sich Sprachen ihren Weg bahnen: Spezifische ... more Wie sich Sprachen ihren Weg bahnen ARIE VERHAGEN Wie sich Sprachen ihren Weg bahnen: Spezifische vs. allgemeine grammatikalische Konstruktion im Vergleich 1
In het schrijfprocesonderz.oek heefl zieh een verschmvmg voorgedaan van onderzoek waarm cogmtteve... more In het schrijfprocesonderz.oek heefl zieh een verschmvmg voorgedaan van onderzoek waarm cogmtteve processen van mdividuele schryvers cenlraal staan, naar onderzoek met meer aandachl voor de soaale context waarm schrijvers functioneren In dit artikel (her)introduceren wij een derde onderzpeksperspectief m het schnjfprocesonderzoek het linguistische Aan de hand van een voorbeeld van een interactwneel schnjfprocei gaan we m op de linguistische middelen die samenwerkende schrijvers tot hun beschikkmg hebben en ook daadwerkelijk mzetten om tegengestelde standpunten in een tektf te integreren m het bijzonder besteden we aandacht aan polyfone tekstkenmerken en zins(her)schikkmg l Inleiding
In discourse studies, certain types of clauses are assigned the Status of discourse segments (mos... more In discourse studies, certain types of clauses are assigned the Status of discourse segments (mostly: adverbial clauses and non-restrictive relatives), whereas others are not (mostly: subject and complement clauses, and restrictive relatives). First a general principle is presented concerning conceptual dependency between clauses, which allows for an explanation of this practice in so far äs it is correct, and which also accounts for certain exceptions. The main pari of this paper is devoted to the argument that this dependency between matrix and embedded clauses reflects the dependency between two dimensions of discourse Interpretation, i.e. the dimension of 'mental space' organization on the one band, and the dimension of informational content on the other. It is proposed that this distinction is an integral pari of the semantics of finite complement constructions; these indicate, with more or less specificity, some relationship between a mental space and the Information embedded in it, or a relationship of causality. These might be viewed äs manifestations of the same relationship in two domains; in both cases the matrix expresses a framework determining the Interpretation of the embedded clause a subjective framework in the first case, and an objective one in the second. It is furthermore claimed that this characterization of the 'complementation construction' is complete and exhaustive; in particular, the traditional division of such constructions inlo 'subject clauses' and Object clauses' lacks both descriptive and explanatory power.