No longer an orphan: evidence for appositive attachment from sentence comprehension

In this paper, we investigate the comprehension of appositive relative clauses and nominal appositives. First, we present experimental evidence that suggests that nominal appositives and appositive relative clauses behave like other adjunct phrases with respect to ambiguity resolution (Experiment 1)...

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Main Authors: Brian Dillon, Lyn Frazier, Charles Clifton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2018-03-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/379