Conceptual plural information is used to guide early parsing decisions: Evidence from garden-path sentences with reciprocal verbs.
Conceptual plural information is used to guide early parsing decisions: Evidence from garden-path sentences with reciprocal verbs.
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概念复数信息用于指导早期解析决策：来自带有互惠动词的花园小路句子的证据。
DOI：
10.1016/j.jml.2009.02.003
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Ferreira,Fernanda
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作者：
Patson,NikoleD;Ferreira,Fernanda
在三项眼球追踪研究中，我们调查了概念复数在带有相互动词的暂时模糊句子的初始解析决策中的作用（例如，当恋人亲吻婴儿独自玩耍时）。我们使用三种类型的复数名词短语来改变第一个从句的主语：连词名词短语（新娘和新郎），复数确定描述（恋人）和数字量化名词短语（两个恋人）。当受试者被连体时，我们没有发现花园路径效应的证据[Ferreira， F., & McClure， K. K.(1997)]。园径句的动词互斥解析。语言与认知过程，12,273-306]，但传统的花园路径效应也存在于其他复数名词短语中。此外，我们还测试了在语篇中有复数先行词的复数形指。我们发现，当前词是连词时，花园路径效应与前词是复数确定描述的情况相比是不存在的。我们的结果表明，解析器对复数成分的概念表示很敏感。特别是，它似乎是一个复杂的参考对象[Moxey， l.m., Sanford, a.j., Sturt， P., & Morrow, l.i.(2004)]。多重指称对象形成的制约：角色、连词和描述类型的影响。[记忆与语言学报，51,346-364]自动激活一个对等动词的对等阅读。
In three eyetracking studies, we investigated the role of conceptual plurality in initial parsing decisions in temporarily ambiguous sentences with reciprocal verbs (e.g., While the lovers kissed the baby played alone). We varied the subject of the first clause using three types of plural noun phrases: conjoined noun phrases (the bride and the groom), plural definite descriptions (the lovers), and numerically quantified noun phrases (the two lovers). We found no evidence for garden-path effects when the subject was conjoined [Ferreira, F., & McClure, K. K. (1997). Parsing of garden-path sentences with reciprocal verbs. Language and Cognitive Processes, 12, 273–306], but traditional garden-path effects were found with the other plural noun phrases. In addition, we tested plural anaphors that had a plural antecedent present in the discourse. We found that when the antecedent was conjoined, garden-path effects were absent compared to cases in which the antecedent was a plural definite description. Our results indicate that the parser is sensitive to the conceptual representation of a plural constituent. In particular, it appears that a Complex Reference Object [Moxey, L. M., Sanford, A. J., Sturt, P., & Morrow, L. I. (2004). Constrains on the formation of plural reference objects: The influence of role, conjunction, and type of description. Journal of Memory and Language, 51, 346–364] automatically activates a reciprocal reading of a reciprocal verb.