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Direct linkEngelhardt, Paul E.; Demiral, S. Baris; Ferreira, Fernanda – Brain and Cognition, 2011
Speakers often include extra information when producing referring expressions, which is inconsistent with the Maxim of Quantity (Grice, 1975). In this study, we investigated how comprehension is affected by unnecessary information. The literature is mixed: some studies have found that extra information facilitates comprehension and others reported…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Attention
