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Ambridge, Ben; Pine, Julian M.; Rowland, Caroline F. – Cognition, 2012
The present study investigated how children learn that some verbs may appear in the figure-locative but not the ground-locative construction (e.g., "Lisa poured water into the cup"; "*Lisa poured the cup with water"), with some showing the opposite pattern (e.g., "*Bart filled water into the cup"; "Bart filled the cup with water"), and others…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Grammar, Exhibits
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Gillespie, Maureen; Pearlmutter, Neal J. – Cognition, 2011
Two subject-verb agreement error elicitation studies tested the hierarchical feature-passing account of agreement computation in production and three timing-based alternatives: linear distance to the head noun, semantic integration, and a combined effect of both (a scope of planning account). In Experiment 1, participants completed subject noun…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Semantics, Verbs, Nouns
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Nazzi, Thierry; Barriere, Isabelle; Goyet, Louise; Kresh, Sarah; Legendre, Geraldine – Cognition, 2011
This study examines French-learning infants' sensitivity to grammatical non-adjacent dependencies involving subject-verb agreement (e.g., "le/les garcons lit/lisent" "the boy(s) read(s)") where number is audible on both the determiner of the subject DP and the agreeing verb, and the dependency is spanning across two syntactic phrases. A further…
Descriptors: Verbs, Grammar, Infants, French
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Staub, Adrian – Cognition, 2010
Speakers are known to make subject-verb agreement errors both when a number-mismatching noun intervenes between the head of the subject phrase and the verb (e.g., "*The key to the cabinets are on the table") and in configurations in which there is a number-mismatching noun that does not intervene (e.g., "*The cabinets that the key open are on the…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Verbs, Nouns, Grammar
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Verissimo, Joao; Clahsen, Harald – Cognition, 2009
Does the language processing system make use of abstract grammatical categories and representations that are not directly visible from the surface form of a linguistic expression? This study examines stem-formation processes and conjugation classes, a case of "pure" morphology that provides insight into the role of grammatical structure in…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Verbs, Morphemes, Grammar
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Haskell, Todd R.; Thornton, Robert; MacDonald, Maryellen C. – Cognition, 2010
A robust result in research on the production of grammatical agreement is that speakers are more likely to produce an erroneous verb with phrases such as "the key to the cabinets", with a singular noun followed by a plural one, than with phrases such as "the keys to the cabinet", where a plural noun is followed by a singular. These asymmetries are…
Descriptors: Nouns, Grammar, Error Patterns, Verbs
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Ambridge, Ben; Pine, Julian M.; Rowland, Caroline F.; Young, Chris R. – Cognition, 2008
Participants (aged 5-6 yrs, 9-10 yrs and adults) rated (using a five-point scale) grammatical (intransitive) and overgeneralized (transitive causative) uses of a high frequency, low frequency and novel intransitive verb from each of three semantic classes [Pinker, S. (1989a). "Learnability and cognition: the acquisition of argument structure."…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Grammar, Semiotics
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Barner, David; Wagner, Laura; Snedeker, Jesse – Cognition, 2008
What does mass-count syntax contribute to the interpretation of noun phrases (NPs), and how much of NP meaning is contributed by lexical items alone? Many have argued that count syntax specifies reference to countable individuals (e.g., "cats") while mass syntax specifies reference to unindividuated entities (e.g., "water"). We evaluated this…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Syntax, Phrase Structure
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Betancort, Moises; Carreiras, Manuel; Acuna-Farina, Carlos – Cognition, 2006
Two experiments were carried out to investigate the processing of the empty category PRO and the time-course of this in Spanish. Eye movements were recorded while participants read sentences in which a matrix clause was followed by a subordinate infinitival clause, so that the subject or the object of the main clause could act as controller of…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Spanish, Eye Movements, Grammar
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Kempen, Gerard – Cognition, 1995
Discusses a 1993 study by Frazier, d'Arcais, and Coolen intended to test Schreuder's (1990) Morphological Integration model concerning the processing of separable and inseparable verbs. Suggests that the logic of the experiment is flawed and that the data do not warrant the author's conclusions. (DR)
Descriptors: Dutch, Grammar, Idioms, Research Design
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Frazier, Lyn – Cognition, 1995
Discusses a 1993 study by Frazier, d'Arcais, and Coolen intended to test Schreuder's (1990) Morphological Integration model concerning the processing of separable and inseparable verbs, and attempts to refute Kempen's objections to their interpretation of the experimental results in this issue. (DR)
Descriptors: Dutch, Grammar, Idioms, Research Design
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Bornkessel, Ina; Schlesewsky, Matthias; Friederici, Angela D. – Cognition, 2003
We show that Kempen and Harbusch's ("Cognition" (2003) "this issue") arguments against our claims cannot be upheld. On the one hand, their alternative account of our data that is based on the availability of constructions with object-experiencer verbs is not compatible with the literature on the processing of these types of sentences in German.…
Descriptors: Sentences, Grammar, Criticism, Verbs
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Vigliocco, Gabriella; And Others – Cognition, 1996
Reports four experiments examining subject-verb agreement errors in Spanish and English. Discusses cross-linguistic differences within the framework of the computational model of grammatical encoding proposed by Kempen and Hoenkamp. Suggests that languages differ in the extent to which the selection of the verb is controlled by features on the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English