Length Matters: Informational Load in Ambiguity Resolution
In this paper, we will compare prosodic and pragmatic approaches to the role of constituent length in attachment ambiguities. Lengthening a constituent affects its informativity: longer constituents are usually less predictable (Levy & Florian, 2007) and deman...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses universitaires de Caen
2013-07-01
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Series: | Discours |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/discours/8780 |