Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negation

The phenomenon of double negation (DN), by which two negative elements negate each other in such a way that a positive interpretation is obtained, has traditionally been considered in terms of its syntactic and semantic grammatical properties. Yet, correlated prosodic and gestural features exist, su...

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Autores: Prieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081, Borràs Comes, Joan Manel|||0000-0002-2855-7340, Tubau, Susagna|||0000-0002-3677-6607, Espinal, M. Teresa|||0000-0002-8079-7253
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2013.02.008
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Palabra clave:Catalan
Double negation
Gesture
Negative concord languages
Prosody
Spanish
Doble negació
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spelling Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negationPrieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081Borràs Comes, Joan Manel|||0000-0002-2855-7340Tubau, Susagna|||0000-0002-3677-6607Espinal, M. Teresa|||0000-0002-8079-7253CatalanDouble negationGestureNegative concord languagesProsodySpanishDoble negacióThe phenomenon of double negation (DN), by which two negative elements negate each other in such a way that a positive interpretation is obtained, has traditionally been considered in terms of its syntactic and semantic grammatical properties. Yet, correlated prosodic and gestural features exist, such as specific pitch contours and gestures which potentially affect listeners in the speech act comprehension process. This study investigates the extent to which prosodic and gestural patterns affect the interpretation of DN in two Negative Concord languages, Catalan and Spanish. Participants of these languages were presented with audio and video files producing two target negative words, namely Catalan ningú and Spanish nadie 'nobody', with two different prosodic and gestural patterns that correlate with single negation or DN interpretations. Participants were asked about their preferred interpretation of the target negative word as meaning either 'nobody' or 'everybody'. Responses were obtained for an auditory-only (AO) condition, a video-only (VO) condition, and an audiovisual condition (AV) with congruent and incongruent multimodal matches. Faced with AO and VO conditions, participants of both languages preferred DN readings when the negative word was accompanied with a contradictory intonational contour and with specific denial gestures respectively. In the AV condition, DN readings were picked up when prosody and gesture converged on the DN interpretation, otherwise single negation was preferred, with an increase in reaction times. These results demonstrate that prosodic and gestural patterns play an important role in linguistic comprehension processes and specifically in the interpretation of double negation. 22013-01-0120132013-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/287771https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2013.02.008reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2877712026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negation
title Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negation
spellingShingle Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negation
Prieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081
Catalan
Double negation
Gesture
Negative concord languages
Prosody
Spanish
Doble negació
title_short Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negation
title_full Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negation
title_fullStr Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negation
title_full_unstemmed Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negation
title_sort Prosody and gesture constrain the interpretation of double negation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Prieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081
Borràs Comes, Joan Manel|||0000-0002-2855-7340
Tubau, Susagna|||0000-0002-3677-6607
Espinal, M. Teresa|||0000-0002-8079-7253
author Prieto Vives, Pilar|||0000-0001-8175-1081
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Borràs Comes, Joan Manel|||0000-0002-2855-7340
Tubau, Susagna|||0000-0002-3677-6607
Espinal, M. Teresa|||0000-0002-8079-7253
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author2 Borràs Comes, Joan Manel|||0000-0002-2855-7340
Tubau, Susagna|||0000-0002-3677-6607
Espinal, M. Teresa|||0000-0002-8079-7253
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Catalan
Double negation
Gesture
Negative concord languages
Prosody
Spanish
Doble negació
topic Catalan
Double negation
Gesture
Negative concord languages
Prosody
Spanish
Doble negació
description The phenomenon of double negation (DN), by which two negative elements negate each other in such a way that a positive interpretation is obtained, has traditionally been considered in terms of its syntactic and semantic grammatical properties. Yet, correlated prosodic and gestural features exist, such as specific pitch contours and gestures which potentially affect listeners in the speech act comprehension process. This study investigates the extent to which prosodic and gestural patterns affect the interpretation of DN in two Negative Concord languages, Catalan and Spanish. Participants of these languages were presented with audio and video files producing two target negative words, namely Catalan ningú and Spanish nadie 'nobody', with two different prosodic and gestural patterns that correlate with single negation or DN interpretations. Participants were asked about their preferred interpretation of the target negative word as meaning either 'nobody' or 'everybody'. Responses were obtained for an auditory-only (AO) condition, a video-only (VO) condition, and an audiovisual condition (AV) with congruent and incongruent multimodal matches. Faced with AO and VO conditions, participants of both languages preferred DN readings when the negative word was accompanied with a contradictory intonational contour and with specific denial gestures respectively. In the AV condition, DN readings were picked up when prosody and gesture converged on the DN interpretation, otherwise single negation was preferred, with an increase in reaction times. These results demonstrate that prosodic and gestural patterns play an important role in linguistic comprehension processes and specifically in the interpretation of double negation.
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