Cross-linguistic Variation in Sentence Processing Evidence from RC Attachment Preferences in Greek /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Papadopoulou, Despoina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics ; 36
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Linguistics, general.

This book argues in favour of cross-linguistic variation in sentence processing by providing empirical data from ambiguity resolution in Greek as L1 and L2. It is maintained that in highly inflected languages, like Greek, initial parsing decisions are determined by the interaction of morphological a...

Table of Contents:

• Sentence Processing Models
• Aspects of the Grammar of Greek
• RC Attachment Preferences in Isolated Sentences
• Context Effects in RC Attachment Preferences
• Ambiguity Resolution Strategies in a Second Language
• Conclusion.