Empty categories in sentence processing /

This book reports a research program into one of the most controversial questions in the syntax -- processing interface: The behavior of the parser at gap positions. While the work done is largely experimental, the results are analyzed both for their relevance to sentence processing and for their im...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Featherston, Sam
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 43.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253365
Table of Contents:
  • Empty Categories in Sentence Processing; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Empty categories in PPT and HPSG; Chapter 3. Parsers and gap processing; Chapter 4. Antecedent Reactivation and Trace; Chapter 5. NP-trace and PRO: Local ECs; Chapter 6. Evidence from sentence matching on wh -trace dependencies; Chapter 7. Conclusions; Appendix 1. Materials for CMLP Experiments 1 -3; Appendix 2. Materials for probe recognition Experiment 4; Appendix 3. Materials for ERP Experiment 5.