PMID- 11924840
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021008
LR  - 20220309
IS  - 0090-6905 (Print)
IS  - 0090-6905 (Linking)
VI  - 31
IP  - 1
DP  - 2002 Jan
TI  - Comprehending noun phrase arguments and adjuncts.
PG  - 65-81
AB  - Two experiments investigated how readers comprehend noun phrase (NP) arguments 
      and adjuncts. Previous research suggested that argument phrases are processed 
      more quickly than adjunct phrases (Clifton, Speer, & Abney, 1991; Kennison, 1999; 
      Schutze & Gibson, 1999; Speer & Clifton, 1998). The present experiments 
      investigated whether the type of verb in the sentence context could influence how 
      NP arguments and adjuncts were processed. Reading time was measured on sentences 
      containing NP arguments and adjuncts preceded either by verbs occurring most 
      frequently with NP arguments (biased transitive verbs) or by verbs occurring most 
      frequently without NP arguments (biased intransitive verbs) (e.g., "Meredith 
      read/performed every play/week."). In Experiment 1, reading time was measured 
      using a self-paced phrase-by-phrase moving window. In Experiment 2, reading time 
      was measured using eye tracking. The results of both experiments indicated that, 
      following biased transitive verbs, NP arguments were processed more quickly than 
      NP adjuncts. When NPsfollowed biased intransitive verbs, there was no significant 
      difference between the processing time of NP arguments and adjuncts.
FAU - Kenniso, Shelia M
AU  - Kenniso SM
AD  - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. kenniso@okstate.edu
LA  - eng
GR  - HD-07327/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - HD-18708/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - MH-19554/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Psycholinguist Res
JT  - Journal of psycholinguistic research
JID - 0333506
SB  - IM
MH  - *Cognition
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Linguistics
EDAT- 2002/04/02 10:00
MHDA- 2002/10/09 04:00
CRDT- 2002/04/02 10:00
PHST- 2002/04/02 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/10/09 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/04/02 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1023/a:1014328321363 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Psycholinguist Res. 2002 Jan;31(1):65-81. doi: 10.1023/a:1014328321363.