| Presentation | 2008-08-08 Asymmetry between arguments and adjuncts in processing structurally ambiguous sentences : Comparing NPs and adverbs in Japanese Rosalynn CHIU, Hajime ONO, Hiromu SAKAI, |
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| Abstract(in English) | Although attachment ambiguity arises because a dative goal argument is always optional for Japanese ditransitive verbs, Kamide and Mitchell (1999) showed that it is preferably interpreted as an argument of the matrix verb instead of the embedded verb. This suggests that reanalysis of the existing structure is not preferred by the parser (RALR). However, it has not been proven whether adjuncts would share the same tendency as NPs. This study uses adverbs to examine the attachment preference of adjuncts and gives evidence that adverbs, unlike dative NPs, are more likely to be interpreted in the embedded clause. Findings imply that different strategies are used in the processing of arguments and adjuncts. |
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| Keyword(in English) | structurally ambiguous sentences / arguments and adjuncts / adverbs / attachment preferences |
| Paper # | TL2008-17 |
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| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2008/8/1(1days) |
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| Registration To | Thought and Language (TL) |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Title (in English) | Asymmetry between arguments and adjuncts in processing structurally ambiguous sentences : Comparing NPs and adverbs in Japanese |
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| Keyword(1) | structurally ambiguous sentences |
| Keyword(2) | arguments and adjuncts |
| Keyword(3) | adverbs |
| Keyword(4) | attachment preferences |
| 1st Author's Name | Rosalynn CHIU |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Hajime ONO |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Faculty of Foreign Languages, Kansai Gaidai University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Hiromu SAKAI |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University |
| Date | 2008-08-08 |
| Paper # | TL2008-17 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.108 |
| Number (no) | 184 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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