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Psycholinguistic Evidence for Inverse Scope in Korean.
- Source :
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Journal of psycholinguistic research [J Psycholinguist Res] 2016 Aug; Vol. 45 (4), pp. 871-82. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We use experimental data to shed light on the ongoing question of whether Korean allows inverse scope interpretation in sentences containing an indefinite subject and a universally quantified direct object (e.g., 'Someone bought each loaf of bread at the bakery'). The results of an off-line acceptability judgment task (n = 38) and an online self-paced reading task (n [Formula: see text] 22) indicate that inverse scope interpretations are in fact permitted in Korean as a secondary option, as is also the case in English. We argue that the dispreference for the inverse scope reading reflects processing considerations related to burden on working memory.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Humans
Republic of Korea
Young Adult
Comprehension
Psycholinguistics
Reading
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-6555
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of psycholinguistic research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26022290
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-015-9380-4