Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: We explore the interplay between production and comprehension by investigating why producers insert or omit the function word "that" in Object Relative Clauses, and how this choice affects comprehension.We present data from three experiments which suggests that producers insert "that" to alleviate production difficulty and in doing so create a distributional pattern of "that" use.Comprehenders are shown to be sensitive to these patterns.Implications for the interaction of comprehension and production processes are discussed.
Authors: David S. Race, Maryellen C. MacDonald
Institution: University of Wisconsin–Madison
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2182426105