Between Reading Time and the Information Status of Noun Phrases

• Asahara Masayuki

  NINJAL, Japan

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 名詞句の情報の状態と読み時間について
• メイシク ノ ジョウホウ ノ ジョウタイ ト ヨミ ジカン ニ ツイテ

Abstract

Japanese noun phrases are not marked by articles. The information status of Japanese noun phrases is not overt. Due to limited contextual information and world knowledge, it is difficult to estimate the information status, which is analyzed through the given/new status or indefinite/definite status. However, in Japanese language processing, the notion of the information status is yet to be understood. In this paper, we explain the information status of Japanese noun phrases. Then, we explore how the information status of Japanese noun phrases is estimated through the reading time. As a first step, we investigate the correlation between reading time and the information status of Japanese noun phrases. The statistical evaluation shows that readers’ information status affects reading time in Japanese.

Journal

• Journal of Natural Language Processing

  Journal of Natural Language Processing 25 (5), 527-554, 2018-12-15

  The Association for Natural Language Processing

Keywords

• Information Status
• Reading Time
• Annotation
• Bayesian Linear Mixed Model

Details

• CRID: 1390001288128362368
• NII Article ID: 130007613792
• NII Book ID: AN10472659
• DOI: 10.5715/jnlp.25.527
• ISSN: 21858314
• ISSN: 13407619
• NDL BIB ID: 029405098
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I029405098
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jnlp/25/5/25_527/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • NDL
  • Crossref
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed