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Assessing Intervention Effects in Sentence Processing: Object Relatives vs. Subject Control [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Object relative clauses are harder to process than subject relative clauses. Under Grillo’s (2009) Generalized Minimality framework, complexity effects of object relatives are construed as intervention effects, which result from an interaction between ...
João Delgado +3 more
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Computerized adaptation and validity evidence of the test of assessment of syntactic processing in comprehension (TASComp) in Brazilian adults [PDF]
Frontiers in Human NeuroscienceIntroductionInstruments for the assessment of syntax in Brazilian Portuguese remain scarce, despite their crucial role in identifying comprehension and production deficits in clinical populations. This study aimed to develop a computerized version of the
Carolina Aguiar de Oliveira +6 more
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Cognitive LinguisticsThis study investigates the relative roles of frequency and transparency in native speakers’ comprehension of Spanish object relative sentences by comparing performance with two variants of the construction that differ in these properties.
Llompart Miquel +2 more
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Comprehension of double-center embedded relatives in Italian: a case for hierarchical intervention
Isogloss, 2023 Object relatives are more difficult to process than subject relatives. Several sentence processing models have been proposed to explain this difference.
Marco Sala +5 more
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Typology of Persian relative clauses [PDF]
̒Ilm-i Zabān, 2020 Persian relative construction which can be followed by a demonstrative has Det N RC word order. Persian relative clause is a post-nominal subordinate clause that is the most common type in the world.
Solmaz Mahmoodi
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Child Relativized Minimality and Grammaticality Judgement
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Grammaticality judgements are the fundamental experimental source of generative linguistic theory. They may be difficult to elicit, especially in some populations, but generally they inform us neatly about what the grammar licenses or, on the contrary ...
Anna Gavarró
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When Couches Have Eyes: The Effect of Visual Context on Children's Reference Processing
Frontiers in Communication, 2020 We examined the effects of semantic and visual cues to animacy on children's and adults' interpretation of ambiguous pronouns, using the visual world paradigm.
Rebecca Cooper-Cunningham +3 more
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Resumption optionality in direct object relative clauses in modern standard Arabic
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2023 The resumption phenomenon has attracted the attention of linguists within different frameworks and in various languages. However, this phenomenon has received limited attention in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), especially in relation to Direct Object ...
Abdulgaleel A. Ahmed
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Relativization in Chadic: a Case Study of Musgum, Masa, Wandala and Giziga [PDF]
Akofena, 2023 : The paper addresses relative clause formation in four Chadic languages spoken in the upper north region of Cameroon, namely Musgusm, Masa, Wandela and Giziga.
Edmond Biloa
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Isogloss, 2022 Restrictive relative clauses are among the most frequently studied structures in language development across different languages and different populations.
Francesca Volpato
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