PROSODIC EFFECTS IN MINIMAL ATTACHMENT

被引:134
作者
MARSLENWILSON, WD
TYLER, LK
WARREN, P
GRENIER, P
LEE, CS
机构
[1] MRC, APPL PSYCHOL UNIT, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
[2] UNIV CAMBRIDGE, DEPT EXPTL PSYCHOL, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
来源
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY SECTION A-HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY | 1992年 / 45卷 / 01期
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10.1080/14640749208401316
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
This experiment explores the role of prosodic cues in resolving temporary morphosyntactic ambiguities in spoken language comprehension. Using a cross-modal naming task, we find that prosodic cues are as effective as overt lexical cues in controlling how the listener resolves attachment ambiguities. This suggests that prosodic factors can affect the early stages of parsing and interpretation.
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页码:73 / 87
页数:15
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