Processing reflexes of the Feature Hierarchy (Person > Number > Gender) and implications for linguistic theory
Processing reflexes of the Feature Hierarchy (Person > Number > Gender) and implications for linguistic theory
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10.1016/j.lingua.2003.10.006
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2005-03-01
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1.1
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Carminati, MN
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作者：
Carminati, MN
在这篇论文中，我们报告了四个关于意大利语空主语代词（pro）解析的心理语言学实验的结果，支持了不同的名词性phi特征具有不同程度的认知强度的观点，正如特征层次（人>数>性别）所暗示的那样[Universals of Language，MIT Press，剑桥，MA，第73页; Language 78（2002）482]。实验结果表明，加工惩罚，迫使亲检索所指引入一个对象的位置，对亲的先行词偏好的所指引入一个主题的位置，显着减少时，功能更高的功能层次发挥作用的代词disamibigation。这一证据为最近文献中提出的在核心句法中赋予不同phi特征不同语法地位的建议提供了支持。特别是，它主张在第一和第二人称与第三沿着的句法中，沿着Speas [语言]等建议的路线进行特殊处理，并主张作为独立的功能投射来表示数，而不是表示性[《语法与语法》第二次讨论文集，巴黎，第95页]。(C)2004 Elsevier B. V.保留所有权利。
In this paper we report results from four psycholinguistic experiments on the resolution of the Italian null subject pronoun (pro), supporting the view that different nominal phi-features have different degrees of cognitive strength, as implied by the Feature Hierarchy (Person > Number > Gender) [Universals of Language, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 73; Language 78 (2002) 482]. The experimental findings show that the processing penalty for forcing pro to retrieve a referent introduced in an object position-against pro's antecedent preference for a referent introduced in a subject position-is significantly reduced when features higher on the Feature Hierarchy play a role in the disamibiguation of the pronoun. This evidence provides support for recent proposals in the literature that assign different phi-features a different grammatical status in the core syntax. In particular, it argues for a special treatment in the syntax of 1st and 2nd person vs. 3rd along the lines of proposals such as Speas [Lingua], and for the representation of number, but not of gender, as an independent functional projection [Actes du deuxieme colloque 'Langues et Grammaire', Paris, p. 95]. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.