Incremental structure building of preverbal PPs in Dutch
Incremental comprehension of head-final constructions can reveal structural attachment preferences for ambiguous phrases. This study investigates how temporarily ambiguous PPs are processed in Dutch verb-final constructions. In De aannemer heeft op het dakterras bespaard/gewerkt ‘The contractor has on the roof terrace saved/worked’, the PP is locally ambiguous between attachment as argument and as adjunct. This ambiguity is resolved by the sentence-final verb. In a self-paced reading task, we manipulated the argument/adjunct status of the PP, and its position relative to the verb. While we fou... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26646631 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0007-70C2-F |