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Schmid, Samuel; Saddy, Douglas; Franck, Julie – Cognitive Science, 2023
In this article, we explore the extraction of recursive nested structure in the processing of binary sequences. Our aim was to determine whether humans learn the higher-order regularities of a highly simplified input where only sequential-order information marks the hierarchical structure. To this end, we implemented a sequence generated by the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Sequential Learning, Grammar, Language Processing
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Smith, Garrett; Franck, Julie; Tabor, Whitney – Cognitive Science, 2018
We present a self-organizing approach to sentence processing that sheds new light on notional plurality effects in agreement attraction, using pseudopartitive subject noun phrases (e.g., "a bottle of pills"). We first show that notional plurality ratings (numerosity judgments for subject noun phrases) predict verb agreement choices in…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Sentences, Grammar, Form Classes (Languages)