What does that tell us about sentence production?

doi:None

Title	Authors

Files | Discussion Wiki | Discussion | Discussion

Home

Thanks to those who came to our Zoom meeting! If you'd like to get in touch, feel free to leave a comment or email us! Authors: Shota Momma & Michael Wilson Abstract: We examine the optionality of English *that* complementizers in sentence production, and find that it is sensitive to non-local environments. In particular, *that* is produced less often selectively when the complementizer position is in the hierarchical movement path of a *wh*-argument or *wh*-adjunct (exp. 1), but not when it is merely in the linear movement path of a *wh*-word (exp. 2), and that when a *wh*-word crosses multiple clause boundaries, *that* production is most reduced in the most embedded clause (exp. 3). Taken together, these results show that speakers encode and maintain a detailed syntactic representation over time, such that they distinguish between clauses where a *wh*-word originated and ones where they did not. [1]: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/147164624

OSF does not support the use of Internet Explorer. For optimal performance, please switch to another browser.

This website relies on cookies to help provide a better user experience. By clicking Accept or continuing to use the site, you agree. For more information, see our Privacy Policy and information on cookie use.

Start managing your projects on the OSF today.

Free and easy to use, the Open Science Framework supports the entire research lifecycle: planning, execution, reporting, archiving, and discovery.

Create an Account Learn More Hide this message

Main content

Home

Menu

Start managing your projects on the OSF today.

Main content

Links to this project

Home

Menu

Add new wiki page

Page permissions have changed

Wiki page deleted

Connected to the collaborative wiki

Connecting to the collaborative wiki

Collaborative wiki is unavailable

Browser unsupported

Start managing your projects on the OSF today.