Integration of syntactic and semantic information in predictive processing: cross-linguistic evidence from German and English
In: Journal of psycholinguistic research, Jg. 32 (2003-03-22), Heft 1
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Two visual-world eyetracking experiments were conducted to investigate whether, how, and when syntactic and semantic constraints are integrated and used to predict properties of subsequent input. Experiment 1 contrasted auditory German constructions such as, "The hare-nominative eats ... (the cabbage-acc)" versus "The hare-accusative eats ... (the fox-nom)," presented with a picture containing a hare, fox, cabbage, and distractor. We found that the probabilities of the eye movements to the cabbage and fox before the onset of NP2 were modulated by the case-marking of NP1, indicating that the case-marking (syntactic) information and verbs' semantic constraints are integrated rapidly enough to predict the most plausible NP2 in the scene. Using English versions of the some stimuli in active/passive voice (Experiment 2), we replicated the same effect, but at a slightly earlier position in the sentence. We discuss the discrepancies in the two Germanic languages in terms of the ease of integrating information across, or within, constituents.
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Integration of syntactic and semantic information in predictive processing: cross-linguistic evidence from German and English
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Yuki, Kamide ; Christoph, Scheepers ; Gerry T M, Altmann |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of psycholinguistic research, Jg. 32 (2003-03-22), Heft 1 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2003 |
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ISSN: | 0090-6905 (print) |
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