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Kaan, Edith; Harris, Anthony; Gibson, Edward; Holcomb, Phillip – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2000
Proposes that the P600 component in event related potential research is not restricted to reanalysis processes, but reflects difficulty with syntactic integration processes in general. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Indexes, Language Processing, Language Research
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Gibson, Edward; Thomas, James – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1999
Results from an English acceptability-rating experiment are presented that demonstrate that people find doubly nested relative-clause structures just as acceptable when only two verb phrases are included instead of the grammatically required three. Three possible accounts of the results are considered. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English, Grammar, Grammatical Acceptability