The interaction of syntactic and lexical information sources in language processing: The case of the noun-verb ambiguity
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Fedorenko, Evelina G.
Piantadosi, Steven Thomas
Gibson, Edward A.
Date Issued
2012
Journal
Journal of Cognitive Science
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Institute for Cognitive Science, Seoul National University
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Fedorenko, Evelina, Steven T. Piantadosi, and Edward Gibson. "The interaction of syntactic and lexical information sources in language processing: The case of the noun-verb ambiguity." Journal of Cognitive Science 13: 211-35, 2012.
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Abstract
This paper reports the results of a lexical decision experiment and a selfpaced
reading experiment that investigate the interaction between syntactic
and lexical information in on-line language processing, using the noun-verb
ambiguity in English. The results of both experiments provide support for
the hypothesis whereby syntactic and lexical information are two
independent factors in the process of sentence comprehension, consistent
with previous work in the sense-ambiguity processing literature. Our results
therefore add to the body of literature that demonstrates that the process of
language comprehension is guided by numerous independent information
sources, rather than syntactic information alone, as some of the earlier
proposals in the field of sentence processing hypothesized.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
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