Preposition Stranding vs. Pied-Piping—The Role of Cognitive Complexity in Grammatical Variation
Grammatical variation has often been said to be determined by cognitive complexity. Whenever they have the choice between two variants, speakers will use that form that is associated with less processing effort on the hearer’s side. The majority of studies putting forth this or similar analyses of g...
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MDPI AG
2021-05-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/6/2/89 |