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Semantic Priming Of Familiar Songs, Sarah K. Johnson, Andrea R. Halpern

Andrea Halpern

We explored the functional organization of semantic memory for music by comparing priming across familiar songs both within modalities (Experiment 1, tune to tune; Experiment 3, category label to lyrics) and across modalities (Experiment 2, category label to tune; Experiment 4, tune to lyrics). Participants judged whether or not the target tune or lyrics were real (akin to lexical decision tasks). We found significant priming, analogous to linguistic associative-priming effects, in reaction times for related primes as compared to unrelated primes, but primarily for within-modality comparisons. Reaction times to tunes (e.g., "Silent Night") were faster following related tunes ("Deck the …

Introduction To Discourse, Structure And Linguistic Choice By T. Price Caldwell, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.

Two Questions About Interpretive Effects, Robert J. Stainton, Christopher Viger

Robert J. Stainton

New Orleans Unveiled: Fanon And A Reconceptualization Of The Performative, Lynnell Thomas

Lynnell Thomas

This article examines Frantz Fanon's "Algeria Unveiled" as a reconceptualization of J. L. Austin's theory of the performative. Austin, whose examples of the performative all assume an equal, if not harmonious, relationship, overlooks instances of incompatibility and inequality. Fanon's post-colonial framework, in contrast, illustrates the markedly different types of intentions, uptake, and conventions which inform the speech act in cases of extreme inequality. In these cases, the powerless and seemingly voiceless use tacitly agreed upon conventions inappropriately to attain what they would not be able to have otherwise. Fanon's notion of the performative is used to explore the performative resistance …

The Grammar Of "Meaning", Lajos L. Brons

Lajos Brons

In "The Grammar of 'Meaning'", I suggested that the verb "to mean" should be understood as a 4-place predicate MEAN': MEAN' (AGENT*, SIGN*, D-MEANING, LANGUAGE-GAME**) in which of the two arguments AGENT and SIGN (marked *) one is obligatory and fills the subject slot and the other is an optional, oblique argument, and in which LANGUAGE-GAME (**) or context of uttering is always an oblique argument. The argument D-MEANING represents ‘the meaning’ of the sign as that term is usually understood: a description of meaning.

The prime in "MEAN'" marks the distinction from the 2-place predicate MEAN(SUBJECT, D-MEANING), which is …

Insensitive Semantics, By Herman Cappelen & Ernie Lepore, Robert J. Stainton, Catherine Wearing

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.

Non-Sentential Assertions And Semantic Ellipsis, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.