Facilitatory and inhibitory effects of grammatical agreement: Evidence from readers' eye fixation patterns

@article{citeulike:2053786, abstract = {The study examined how grammatical agreement affects reading in Finnish. Readers' eye fixation patterns were recorded when they read one of three alternative versions of the same sentences, where the critical difference was the type of preceding word of the target nouns. The preceding word was (a) an agreeing modifier (mainioksi ORKESTERIKSI=`for an excellent orchestra'), (b) a non-agreeing modifier that was grammatical, unambiguous and synonymous to the agreeing modifier (kelpo ORKESTERIKSI=`for an excellent orchestra'), or (c) a baseline condition without a modifier (orkesteriksi=`for an orchestra'). Two different types of agreement were used, a modifier-head agreement and a possessive agreement. The results showed that the agreeing modifiers facilitate and the non-agreeing modifiers inhibit the reading of the target nouns compared to the neutral baseline condition. These effects appeared in the second-pass reading. The pattern was similar between the two agreement structures.}, author = {Vainio, Seppo and Hyona, Jukka and Pajunen, Anneli }, citeulike-article-id = {2053786}, doi = {10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00029-4}, journal = {Brain and Language}, keywords = {experimental-syntax, eye-movements, grammatical-gender, theres}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {197--202}, posted-at = {2007-12-04 02:22:19}, priority = {2}, title = {Facilitatory and inhibitory effects of grammatical agreement: Evidence from readers' eye fixation patterns}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00029-4}, volume = {85}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2053786 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2053786 TI - Facilitatory and inhibitory effects of grammatical agreement: Evidence from readers' eye fixation patterns JF - Brain and Language VL - 85 IS - 2 SP - 197 EP - 202 N2 - The study examined how grammatical agreement affects reading in Finnish. Readers' eye fixation patterns were recorded when they read one of three alternative versions of the same sentences, where the critical difference was the type of preceding word of the target nouns. The preceding word was (a) an agreeing modifier (mainioksi ORKESTERIKSI=`for an excellent orchestra'), (b) a non-agreeing modifier that was grammatical, unambiguous and synonymous to the agreeing modifier (kelpo ORKESTERIKSI=`for an excellent orchestra'), or (c) a baseline condition without a modifier (orkesteriksi=`for an orchestra'). Two different types of agreement were used, a modifier-head agreement and a possessive agreement. The results showed that the agreeing modifiers facilitate and the non-agreeing modifiers inhibit the reading of the target nouns compared to the neutral baseline condition. These effects appeared in the second-pass reading. The pattern was similar between the two agreement structures. KW - experimental-syntax KW - eye-movements KW - grammatical-gender KW - theres AU - Vainio, Seppo AU - Hyona, Jukka AU - Pajunen, Anneli PY - 2003/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00029-4 ER -