Case and linking in language comprehension evidence from German /
The German language, due to its verb-final nature, relatively free order of constituents and morphological Case system, poses challenges for models of human syntactic processing. This book develops an account of the processing steps that underly language comprehension. It contains introductions to h...
| Other Authors: | Bader, Markus., Bayer, Josef., SpringerLink (Online Service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
©2006.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Studies in theoretical psycholinguistics ;
v. 34. |
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| Summary: |
The German language, due to its verb-final nature, relatively free order of constituents and morphological Case system, poses challenges for models of human syntactic processing. This book develops an account of the processing steps that underly language comprehension. It contains introductions to human syntactic processing. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-311)-and indexes. INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCING THE HUMAN SENTENCE PROCESSING MECHANISM; WORD ORDER AND CASE IN GERMAN; FIRST-PASS PREFERENCES IN SYNTACTIC-FUNCTION AMBIGUITIES; THE MENTAL REPRESENTATION OF CASE; A MODEL OF LINKING AND CHECKING; CASE CHECKING AND THE HSPM I: ON LEXICAL REACCESS; CASE CHECKING AND THE HSPM II: THE ROLE OF WORKING MEMORY; IN DEFENSE OF SERIAL PARSING; SUMMARY:LINKING, CHECKING, ANDBEYOND. The German language, due to its verb-final nature, relatively free order of constituents and morphological Case system, poses challenges for models of human syntactic processing. This book develops an account of the processing steps that underly language comprehension. It contains introductions to human syntactic processing. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-311)-and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781402043444 1402043449 1402043430 9781402043437 6610716331 9786610716333 |