Memory Limitations and Structural Forgetting: The Perception of Complex Ungrammatical Sentences as Grammatical.

Gibson, Edward; Thomas, James

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ERIC Number: EJ586066

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Memory Limitations and Structural Forgetting: The Perception of Complex Ungrammatical Sentences as Grammatical.

Gibson, Edward; Thomas, James

Language and Cognitive Processes, v14 n3 p225-48 Jun 1999

Results from an English acceptability-rating experiment are presented that demonstrate that people find doubly nested relative-clause structures just as acceptable when only two verb phrases are included instead of the grammatically required three. Three possible accounts of the results are considered. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English, Grammar, Grammatical Acceptability, Language Processing, Memory, Native Speakers, Sentence Structure, Verbs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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