We test the hypothesis that syntactic analysis is based on contextual predictions and
is guided by discourse salience of the referents. The head of the complex noun
phrase tends to be more prominent in discourse as native speakers expect the
continuation of the story to refer to N1 more often than to N2. It corresponds to the
data on adjunct attachment interpretation.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationExLing 2016
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 7th Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics
PublisherInternational Speech Communication Association
Pages55-58
ISBN (Electronic)9789604661619
StatePublished - 2016
Event7th Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics: ExLing 2016 - Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation
Duration: 27 Jun 2016 → 2 Jul 2016
Conference number: 7
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Conference

Conference7th Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics
Abbreviated titleExLing 2016
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityСанкт-Петербург
Period27/06/16 → 2/07/16
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    Research areas

  • contextual prediction, syntactic analyses, referent activation

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