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Gennari, Silvia P.; MacDonald, Maryellen C. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2008
This article examined whether semantic indeterminacy plays a role in comprehension of complex structures such as object relative clauses. Study 1 used a gated sentence completion task to assess which alternative interpretations are dominant as the relative clause unfolds; Study 2 compared reading times in object relative clauses containing…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Figurative Language, Semiotics