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The Effects of Thematic Fit and Discourse Context on Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution.

Authors :
Binder, Katherine S.
Duffy, Susan A.
Rayner, Keith
Source :
Journal of Memory & Language. Feb2001, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p297. 26p. 10 Charts.
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

Assesses the impact of thematic fit and discourse context on the syntactic ambiguity resolution. Observation on the garden path effects for reduction of target sentences; Differentiation of garden path model and constraint satisfaction model; Presentation on the focused comprehension of sentences.

Subjects

Subjects :
*AMBIGUITY
*SYNTAX (Grammar)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0749596X
Volume :
44
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Journal of Memory & Language
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
4488373
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1006/jmla.2000.2754