INCIHUSA   20883
INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS, SOCIALES Y AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The Effect of Distance on Unbounded Dependencies: An Individual Differences Perspective
Autor/es:
NICENBOIM, BRUNO; VASISHTH, SHRAVAN; GATTEI, CAROLINA; LOGACEV, PAVEL; SIGMAN, MARIANO
Lugar:
Marseiile
Reunión:
Conferencia; Archgitecture and Mechanisms of Language Processing (AMLaP); 2013
Institución organizadora:
Laboratoire Parole et Langage, Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, Brain and Language Research Institute.
Resumen:
This study focused on disentangling the effects of memory and predictions from the completion of unbounded (or filler-gap) dependencies by inspecting the individual memory of the subjects. Results from an eye-tracking experiment showed that retrieval of the filler at the completion of the dependency is not only hindered by more intervening material (reflected in lower accuracy and higher reading times effects) but it also depends on working memory capacity. Moreover, the results also showed that a speed-up at the completion of the dependency, previously attested only in SOV structures, can also appear in SVO structures as in Spanish embedded questions, suggesting that expectations also play a role in these unbounded dependencies.