Avoiding attachment ambiguities: The role of constituent ordering
Three experiments investigated whether speakers use constituent ordering as a mechanism for avoiding ambiguities. In utterances like "Jane showed the letter to Mary to her mother," alternate orders would avoid the temporary PP-attachment ambiguity ("Jane showed her mother the letter t...
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| Формат: | Journal article |
| Хэл сонгох: | English |
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2004
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