Grillo, Nino orcid.org/0000-0002-8224-365X (2012) Local and Universal. In: Bianchi, Valentina and Chesi, Cristiano, (eds.) Enjoy Linguistics! CISCL Press , Siena , pp. 234-245.
Abstract
Cuetos and Mitchell 1988, and much subsequent work, report that speakers of different languages differ in Relative Clause attachment preferences in complex NPs. These findings challenged universal theories of processing and in particular the universality of locality in parsing. In this paper, I argue that asymmetries in attachment preference stem from a previously unnoticed grammatical distinction: the availability of Pseudo Relatives. Drawing on previous data and novel results, I conclude that Locality is a genuine universal principle of processing.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | Sentence Processing,Memory,Locality,Universality of Parsing,Relative Clause Attachment,Pseudo Relatives |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Language and Linguistic Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2017 10:44 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:32 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | CISCL Press |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:110188 |
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