Understanding Sentences in Japanese Bit by Bit

• Miyamoto Edson T.

  University of Tsukuba

Abstract

This is a brief summary of recent research on how adults understand sentences in Japanese. It includes discussions on incremental processing and on filler-gap dependencies. New reading time data are reported on the interaction between lexical frequency and scrambled word orders, indicating that the deleterious effects of low frequency verbs and non-canonical word order are not additive.

Journal

• Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society

  Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society 13 (3), 247-260, 2006

  Japanese Cognitive Science Society

Keywords

• sentence processing
• Japanese
• filler-gap dependencies
• relative clauses
• incremental processing
• scrambling
• frequency

Details

• CRID: 1390001204485084544
• NII Article ID: 130004490787
• DOI: 10.11225/jcss.13.247
• ISSN: 18815995
• ISSN: 13417924
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed