Magnitude Estimation: can it do something for your pragmatics?
We report the results of a pilot study investigating whether the technique of Magnitude Estimation, widely used in psychophysics but also in syntax and phonology, can be exploited in discourse pragmatics. In this domain, unacceptable data (i.e. data labeled ‘#’) play an important role but acceptabil...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:corela_3406 https://doi.org/10.4000/corela.3406 urn:doi:10.4000/corela.3406 en https://journals.openedition.org/corela/3406 2014-06-11T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/ef17 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Magnitude Estimation: can it do something for your pragmatics? Corela Université de Poitiers info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1638-573X URI:https://journals.openedition.org/corela Loock, Rudy Auran, Cyril magnitude estimation évaluation des données acceptabilité topicalisation relatives appositives apposition magnitude estimation data evaluation acceptability topicalization appositive relative clauses apposition We report the results of a pilot study investigating whether the technique of Magnitude Estimation, widely used in psychophysics but also in syntax and phonology, can be exploited in discourse pragmatics. In this domain, unacceptable data (i.e. data labeled ‘#’) play an important role but acceptability judgments can be subtle, context-dependent, and thus a topic of debate, as shown by endless disputes in the literature. Using two sets of data, (in)felicitous topicalizations from Birner and Ward (1998) and the (in)felicitous use of appositive relative clauses as discussed in Loock (2010a, 2010b) on the fame effect, we aim to determine whether the Magnitude Estimation technique can provide reliable results that would overcome the difficulties with intuitive acceptability judgments. We discuss whether this technique provides acceptability judgments that are less problematic than those obtained introspectively or via regular questionnaires. Avec cet article, nous souhaitons vérifier, dans le cadre d’une étude pilote, si le protocole expérimental nommé « Magnitude Estimation », largement utilisé en psychophysique mais également en syntaxe et en phonologie, peut l’être en pragmatique du discours, où les données inacceptables (étiquetées ‘#’) jouent un rôle important mais où les jugements d’acceptabilité peuvent être subtils, influencés par le contexte, et donc prêter à débat, comme le montre la littérature. A partir de deux types de données, des topicalizations (a)pragmatiques extraites de Birner et Ward (1998), et l’utilisation (a)pragmatique de relatives appositives par opposition à des appositions nominales d’après la définition du fame effect de Loock (2010a, 2010b), nous souhaitons voir ici si la Magnitude Estimation peut fournir des résultats fiables qui viendraient pallier les difficultés liées aux jugements d’acceptabilité obtenus par introspection ou par le biais des questionnaires traditionnels. |
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We report the results of a pilot study investigating whether the technique of Magnitude Estimation, widely used in psychophysics but also in syntax and phonology, can be exploited in discourse pragmatics. In this domain, unacceptable data (i.e. data labeled ‘#’) play an important role but acceptability judgments can be subtle, context-dependent, and thus a topic of debate, as shown by endless disputes in the literature. Using two sets of data, (in)felicitous topicalizations from Birner and Ward (1998) and the (in)felicitous use of appositive relative clauses as discussed in Loock (2010a, 2010b) on the fame effect, we aim to determine whether the Magnitude Estimation technique can provide reliable results that would overcome the difficulties with intuitive acceptability judgments. We discuss whether this technique provides acceptability judgments that are less problematic than those obtained introspectively or via regular questionnaires. |
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Loock, Rudy Auran, Cyril |
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Loock, Rudy Auran, Cyril |
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Loock, Rudy |
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Magnitude Estimation: can it do something for your pragmatics? |
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Magnitude Estimation: can it do something for your pragmatics? |
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Magnitude Estimation: can it do something for your pragmatics? |
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Magnitude Estimation: can it do something for your pragmatics? |
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Magnitude Estimation: can it do something for your pragmatics? |
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magnitude estimation: can it do something for your pragmatics? |
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Corela |
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