PMID- 22512324
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130114
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1747-0226 (Electronic)
IS  - 1747-0218 (Print)
IS  - 1747-0218 (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 9
DP  - 2012
TI  - Interpreting conjoined noun phrases and conjoined clauses: collective versus 
      distributive preferences.
PG  - 1760-76
LID - 10.1080/17470218.2012.667425 [doi]
AB  - Two experiments are reported that show that introducing event participants in a 
      conjoined noun phrase (NP) favours a single event (collective) interpretation, 
      while introducing them in separate clauses favours a separate events 
      (distributive) interpretation. In Experiment 1, acceptability judgements were 
      speeded when the bias of a predicate toward separate events versus a single event 
      matched the presumed bias of how the subjects' referents were introduced (as 
      conjoined noun phrases or in conjoined clauses). In Experiment 2, reading of a 
      phrase containing an anaphor following conjoined noun phrases was facilitated 
      when the anaphor was they, relative to when it was neither/each of them; the 
      opposite pattern was found when the anaphor followed conjoined clauses. We argue 
      that comprehension was facilitated when the form of an anaphor was appropriate 
      for how its antecedents were introduced. These results address the very general 
      problem of how we individuate entities and events when presented with a complex 
      situation and show that different linguistic forms can guide how we construe a 
      situation. The results also indicate that there is no general penalty for 
      introducing the entities or events separately-in distinct clauses as "split" 
      antecedents.
FAU - Clifton, Charles Jr
AU  - Clifton C Jr
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, 
      USA. cec@psych.umass.edu
FAU - Frazier, Lyn
AU  - Frazier L
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 HD018708/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
GR  - HD18708/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
DEP - 20120418
PL  - England
TA  - Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)
JT  - Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
JID - 101259775
SB  - IM
MH  - *Comprehension
MH  - Eye Movement Measurements
MH  - *Eye Movements
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Judgment
MH  - *Linguistics
MH  - Reaction Time
MH  - *Reading
MH  - Regression Analysis
PMC - PMC3430811
MID - NIHMS387079
EDAT- 2012/04/20 06:00
MHDA- 2013/01/15 06:00
PMCR- 2012/09/01
CRDT- 2012/04/20 06:00
PHST- 2012/04/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/04/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2012/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1080/17470218.2012.667425 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2012;65(9):1760-76. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2012.667425. 
      Epub 2012 Apr 18.