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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • Theories on interpreting novel noun-noun combinations often overlook the impact of discourse context.
  • Novel combinations are typically encountered within a broader linguistic environment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate three competing hypotheses on the role of context in interpreting novel noun-noun combinations.
  • To determine whether interpretation relies on sense generation, anaphor resolution, or a parallel dual-process model.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted to investigate the influence of preceding and following context on interpretation.
  • Reading times for novel noun-noun combinations were measured under different contextual conditions.
  • Contextual priming involved either the dominant or subordinate meaning of the combination.

Main Results:

  • Reading times were influenced by the interaction between contextual priming and the type of meaning presented.
  • Findings indicated that both sense generation and anaphor resolution contribute to interpretation.
  • Results provided empirical support for the dual-process hypothesis.

Conclusions:

  • The dual-process hypothesis offers a more comprehensive explanation for the interpretation of novel noun-noun combinations.
  • Both parallel sense generation and anaphor resolution mechanisms are active during interpretation.
  • Contextual information significantly modulates the processing of novel word combinations.