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Direct linkTraxler, Matthew J. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2009
An eye-movement monitoring experiment investigated readers' response to temporarily ambiguous sentences. The sentences were ambiguous because a relative clause could attach to one of two preceding nouns. Semantic information disambiguated the sentences. Working memory considerations predict an overall preference for the second of the two nouns, as…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Semantics, Nouns, Figurative Language
