Can subsequent discourse contexts have a significant effect on ambiguity resolution in sentence processing
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The present research has been an attempt to explore whether there is a significant effect of subsequent discourse context on the successful resolution of ambiguity of sentences. From the result of the study of the single sentence condition, it was suggested that putting priority on syntactic processing would have a positive effect on the comprehension of garden path sentences. This also implied that semantic processing, parallel to syntactic information, is relatively less involved the process during the analysis of garden path sentences. Though the degree of using semantic information might have depended on the complexity of the sentences, it was not clear how much semantic processing can contribute to interpretation. Rather than complementing it, discourse information can actually interfere with appropriate effective processing. In this study, by adding contextual information following garden path sentences, the process and product of analysis of garden path sentences were further explored.
DOI: 10.15002/00008271
Author: Masanori Terauchi
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2107017339