TY  - JOUR
A1  - Spalek, Katharina
A1  - Gotzner, Nicole
A1  - Wartenburger, Isabell
T1  - Not only the apples
BT  - Focus sensitive particles improve memory for information-structural alternatives
JF  - Journal of memory and language : JML
N2  - Focus sensitive particles highlight the relevance of contextual alternatives for the interpretation of a sentence. Two experiments tested whether this leads to better encoding and therefore, ultimately, better recall of focus alternatives. Participants were presented with auditory stimuli that introduced a set of elements ("context sentence") and continued in three different versions: the critical sentences either contained the exclusive particle nur ("only"), the inclusive particle sogar ("even"), or no particle (control condition). After being exposed to blocks of ten trials, participants were asked to recall the elements in the context sentence. The results show that both particles enhanced memory performance for the alternatives to the focused element, relative to the control condition. The results support the assumption that information-structural alternatives are better encoded in memory in the presence of a focus sensitive particle.
KW  - Information structure
KW  - Focus particles
KW  - Alternative set
KW  - Delayed recall
KW  - Memory
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2013.09.001
SN  - 0749-596X
SN  - 1096-0821
VL  - 70
SP  - 68
EP  - 84
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - San Diego
ER  -