Incremental pre-head attachment in Japanese parsing

Yuki Kamide; Don C. Mitchell

doi:10.1080/016909699386211

Incremental pre-head attachment in Japanese parsing

Yuki Kamide
, Don C. Mitchell

Psychology

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Abstract

The present study addresses the question of whether structural analyses of verb-arguments are postponed up until the head verb has been processed (head-driven parsing accounts) or initiated prior to the appearance of the verb (pre-head attachment accounts). To explore this question in relation to a head-final language, a Japanese dative argument attachment ambiguity was examined in both a questionnaire study (Experiment 1) and a self-paced reading test (Experiment 2). The data suggested that the dative argument attachment ambiguity is resolved in the manner predicted by pre-head attachment accounts. The results were incompatible with most variants of the head-driven parsing model, and were not of the form currently predicted by constraint-satisfaction models. We end by discussing the general theoretical implications of the findings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	631-662
Number of pages	32
Journal	Language and Cognitive Processes
Volume	14
Issue number	5/6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/016909699386211
Publication status	Published - 1999

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