The psychological reality of linguistically defined gaps
The psychological reality of linguistically defined gaps
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语言界定差距的心理现实
DOI：
10.1007/bf01069044
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发表时间：
1989
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
T. Bever
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作者：
Brian McElree;T. Bever
在五个实验中，我们考察了在句法结构的共指间隙处理后，从句子开头的名词短语中识别形容词的时间，作为确定语言上定义的间隙是否访问其先行词的手段。研究发现，在许多结构中，空白处理后的识别延迟和/或错误率低于非回指控制，包括两个具有np运动空白的结构-即被动句和升到主语的结构-以及不定式从句中具有PRO空白的结构。此外，np运动间隙比pro运动间隙产生更低的延迟和错误率。结果被解释为政府和约束理论的表征假设的心理现实的证据（乔姆斯基，1981）。
In five experiments, recognition times for an adjective from a sentence-initial noun phrase were examined following the processing of coreferential gaps in syntactic structure as a means of determining whether linguistically defined gaps access their antecedents. Recognition latencies and/or error rates following the processing of gaps were found to be lower than a nonanaphoric control in a number of constructions, including two instances of constructions with NP-movement gaps—namely, the passive and raising-to-subject—and constructions with a PRO gap in an infinitival clause. Additionally, NP-movement gaps were found to produce lower latencies and error rates than PRO-gaps. The results are interpreted as evidence for the psychological reality of representational assumptions of Government and Binding Theory (Chomsky, 1981).