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Abstract
Copredication is the phenomenon that two or more predicates can jointly apply to the same argument. In “The book is heavy and informative” the word book seems to refer to both a concrete physical object that can be heavy and an abstract content that can be informative. It has been observed that if the concrete sense of the nominal is triggered first, the copredication statement often sounds better compared to when the abstract sense is triggered first. However, the cognitive underpinnings of this effect are not well understood. In this theoretically oriented paper, we propose a predictive processing model of order effects aimed at advancing our understanding of that phenomenon. We also connect the debate regarding ordering preferences with an existing strand of research on ordering preferences in multi-adjective strings and the information structure of sentences.
共称是指两个或多个谓词可以共同适用于同一个论点的现象。在 "The book is heavy and informative "中，"book "一词似乎既指具体的实物，可以是沉重的，也指抽象的内容，可以是信息丰富的。据观察，如果先触发名词的具体意义，共称语句往往比先触发抽象意义的语句更好听。然而，人们对这种效应的认知基础还不甚了解。在这篇以理论为导向的论文中，我们提出了一个顺序效应的预测处理模型，旨在加深我们对这一现象的理解。我们还将有关排序偏好的争论与现有的多形容词串排序偏好和句子信息结构研究联系起来。
期刊介绍：
Lingua publishes papers of any length, if justified, as well as review articles surveying developments in the various fields of linguistics, and occasional discussions. A considerable number of pages in each issue are devoted to critical book reviews. Lingua also publishes Lingua Franca articles consisting of provocative exchanges expressing strong opinions on central topics in linguistics; The Decade In articles which are educational articles offering the nonspecialist linguist an overview of a given area of study; and Taking up the Gauntlet special issues composed of a set number of papers examining one set of data and exploring whose theory offers the most insight with a minimal set of assumptions and a maximum of arguments.
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