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Author Papadopoulou, Despoina

Title Cross-linguistic variation in sentence processing : evidence from RC attachment preferences in Greek / Despoina Papadopoulou
Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 247 pages)
Series Studies in theoretical psycholinguistics ; v. 36
Studies in theoretical psycholinguistics ; v. 36.
Contents Sentence Processing Models -- Aspects of the Grammar of Greek -- RC Attachment Preferences in Isolated Sentences -- Context Effects in RC Attachment Preferences -- Ambiguity Resolution Strategies in a Second Language -- Conclusion
Summary "This book argues in favour of cross-linguistic variation in sentence processing by providing empirical data from ambiguity resolution in Greek as L1 and L2. It is maintained that in highly inflected languages, like Greek, initial parsing decisions are determined by the interaction of morphological and lexical cues rather than by universal parsing principles. During the initial parse, discourse-level information is constrained by lexical considerations, which indicates that the human sentence processor is a multi-stage mechanism. The L2 data show that parsing preferences are not totally determined by frequency records and that L2 sentence processing is mainly guided by lexical information and less so by other sources of information."--Jacket
Analysis taal
language
taalwetenschappen
linguistics
Languages (General)
Talen (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index
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Subject Greek language, Modern -- Sentences
Greek language, Modern -- Psychological aspects
Psycholinguistics.
Greek language, Modern.
Psycholinguistics
psycholinguistics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Greek (Modern)
Greek language, Modern -- Psychological aspects.
Psycholinguistics.
Greek language, Modern -- Sentences.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Greek language, Modern
Psycholinguistics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781402046902
1402046901
1402046898
9781402046896
1280611642
9781280611643
6610611645
9786610611645