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The difficult mountain: enriched composition in adjective-noun phrases.

Steven Frisson¹, Martin J Pickering, Brian McElree

¹Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. s.frisson@bham.ac.uk

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Enriched composition, typically requiring extra processing, was studied within single noun phrases. Eye-tracking revealed that phrases like "difficult mountain" are harder to process than straightforward ones, showing coercion effects without typing violations.

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Linguistics

Background:

Enriched composition, or understanding beyond literal meaning, is considered computationally expensive.
Previous research focused on verb-noun or phrase-phrase interactions, often involving semantic discrepancies.
The role of enriched composition within a single noun phrase remained less explored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate enriched composition effects within a single noun phrase.
To determine if processing difficulties arise in adjective-noun combinations requiring non-literal interpretation.
To examine coercion effects independent of semantic typing violations.

Main Methods:

An eye-tracking experiment was conducted.
Participants processed adjective-noun phrases designed to elicit enriched composition.
Processing of coerced phrases (e.g., "difficult mountain") was compared to straightforward phrases (e.g., "difficult exercise").

Main Results:

Processing coerced adjective-noun phrases required more cognitive effort.
Increased processing difficulty was observed within single noun phrases.
Coercion effects were evident even when no semantic typing violation was present.

Conclusions:

Enriched composition effects can occur within a single noun phrase.
Processing difficulties in enriched composition are not limited to verb-complement structures.
Coercion effects can manifest without a violation of semantic type.