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Direct linkMcKoon, Gail; Ratcliff, Roger – Journal of Memory and Language, 2007
A reduced relative-main clause ambiguity occurs in sentences that begin with reduced relative clauses, as in "The hangman executed by the government was convicted of treason." This ambiguity has often been the focus of research designed to investigate the processes by which syntactic structures are built during sentence comprehension.…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Sentences, Syntax, Literary Devices
