Misinterpretations of Garden-Path Sentences: Implications for Models of Sentence Processing and Reanalysis

@article{citeulike:2148138, abstract = {Theories of sentence comprehension have addressed both initial parsing processes and mechanisms responsible for reanalysis. Three experiments are summarized that were designed to investigate the reanalysis and interpretation of relatively difficult garden-path sentences (e.g., While Anna dressed the baby spit up on the bed). After reading such sentences, participants correctly believed that the baby spit up on the bed; however, they often confidently, yet incorrectly, believed that Anna dressed the baby. These results demonstrate that garden-path reanalysis is not an all-or-nothing process and that thematic roles initially assigned for the subordinate clause verb are not consistently revised. The implications of the partial reanalysis phenomenon for Fodor and Inoue's (1998) model of reanalysis and sentence processing are discussed. In addition, we discuss the possibility that language processing often creates “good enough” structures rather than ideal structures.}, author = {Ferreira, Fernanda and Christianson, Kiel and Hollingworth, Andrew }, citeulike-article-id = {2148138}, doi = {10.1023/A:1005290706460}, journal = {Journal of Psycholinguistic Research}, keywords = {699, garden-path, good-enough, heuristics, structural-ambiguity, syntax}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {3--20}, posted-at = {2007-12-19 19:40:29}, priority = {2}, title = {Misinterpretations of Garden-Path Sentences: Implications for Models of Sentence Processing and Reanalysis}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005290706460}, volume = {30}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2148138 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2148138 TI - Misinterpretations of Garden-Path Sentences: Implications for Models of Sentence Processing and Reanalysis JF - Journal of Psycholinguistic Research VL - 30 IS - 1 SP - 3 EP - 20 N2 - Theories of sentence comprehension have addressed both initial parsing processes and mechanisms responsible for reanalysis. Three experiments are summarized that were designed to investigate the reanalysis and interpretation of relatively difficult garden-path sentences (e.g., While Anna dressed the baby spit up on the bed). After reading such sentences, participants correctly believed that the baby spit up on the bed; however, they often confidently, yet incorrectly, believed that Anna dressed the baby. These results demonstrate that garden-path reanalysis is not an all-or-nothing process and that thematic roles initially assigned for the subordinate clause verb are not consistently revised. The implications of the partial reanalysis phenomenon for Fodor and Inoue's (1998) model of reanalysis and sentence processing are discussed. In addition, we discuss the possibility that language processing often creates “good enough” structures rather than ideal structures. KW - 699 KW - garden-path KW - good-enough KW - heuristics KW - structural-ambiguity KW - syntax AU - Ferreira, Fernanda AU - Christianson, Kiel AU - Hollingworth, Andrew PY - 2001/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005290706460 ER -