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Direct linkHsiao, Franny; Gibson, Edward – Cognition, 2003
This paper reports results from a self-paced reading study in Chinese that demonstrates that object-extracted relative clause structures are less complex than corresponding subject-extracted structures. These results contrast with results from processing other Subject-Verb-Object languages like English, in which object-extracted structures are…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Word Order, Morphology (Languages), Generative Grammar
Kaiser, Elsi; Trueswell, John C. – Cognition, 2004
On-line comprehension studies of flexible word-order languages find that noncanonical ("scrambled") structures induce more difficulty than canonical structures [e.g., Hyona & Hujanen, "Q. J. Exp. Psychol." 50A (1997) 841-858], with this difference being attributed to the structural complexity/infrequency of these forms. However, by presenting…
Descriptors: Syntax, Discourse Modes, Finno Ugric Languages, Language Processing
