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Download full textAkal, Taylan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
In Turkish, Relative Clause (RC) attachment ambiguity arises when two noun phrases (NPs) in a genitive construction follow the (RC). The present paper studies Turkish RC attachment preferences of Turkish native speakers in two experiments through off-line comprehension tasks. While in the first experiment the main verb immediately follows the NP…
Descriptors: Turkish, Phrase Structure, Ambiguity (Semantics), Preferences
Hu, H. C. Marcella – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2015
Over the past two decades the concept of semantic prosody has attracted considerable research interest since Sinclair (1991) observed that "many uses of words and phrases show a tendency to occur in a certain semantic environment" (p. 112). Sinclair (2003) also noted that semantic prosody conveys its pragmatic meaning and attitudinal…
Descriptors: Semantics, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Form Classes (Languages)
