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The goal of this self-paced reading experiment is to explore the role of semantic interference in garden-path sentences processing. To test this, we use sentences containing a locally ambiguous animate noun that can be interpreted either as a patient (misanalysis) or as external possessor (correct analysis). The conditions differ in the animacy of the actual patient, which is either animate (leading to stronger interference with the ambiguous noun) or inanimate. The experiment uses yes/no questions to test the readers' final interpretation of the sentence. The questions target three relevant parts of the interpretation: a) initial misanalysis of the ambiguous noun (analyzed as patient) b) correct analysis of the object noun (succesfully recognized as patient and attached to the structure) c) correct analysis of the ambiguous noun (reanalyzed and correctly attached to the structure as external possessor) We would like to compare the response accuracy with the results of a similar experiment employing open-ended questions to assess the effect of the form of the comprehension question.

In this experiment, we would like to test how native Czech speakers understand garden-path sentences. We will measure the response accuracy for three types of open-ended comprehension questions which will follow either a garden-path or a control sentence: a) question targeting the initial misanalysis, b) question targeting the sentence subject, c) question targeting the locative adjunct. We predict that the garden-path structure should lead to lower response accuracy in general and the rate of incorrect answers should thus be higher not only in the case of questions targeting the initial misanalysis, but in the case of the two other questions as well.

The goal of this self-paced reading experiment is to explore the role of semantic interference in garden-path sentences processing. To test this, we use sentences containing a locally ambiguous animate noun that can be interpreted either as a patient (misanalysis) or as external possessor (correct analysis). The conditions differ in the animacy of the actual patient, which is either animate (leading to stronger interference with the ambiguous noun) or inanimate. We are interested in the reaction times on the potentially ambiguous region and the disambiguating region of the sentence, where we expect the effects of the ambiguity and of the interference level to be seen. The experiment uses yes/no questions to test the readers' final interpretation of the sentence. The questions target three relevant parts of the interpretation: a) initial misanalysis of the ambiguous noun (analyzed as patient) b) correct analysis of the object noun (succesfully recognized as patient and attached to the structure) c) correct analysis of the ambiguous noun (reanalyzed and correctly attached to the structure as external possessor) We would like to compare the response accuracy with the results of a similar experiment employing open-ended questions to assess the effect of the form of the comprehension question.

The goal of this self-paced reading experiment is to explore the role of semantic interference in garden-path sentences processing. To test this, we use sentences containing a locally ambiguous animate noun that can be interpreted either as a patient (misanalysis) or as external possessor (correct analysis). The conditions differ in the animacy of the actual patient, which is either animate (leading to stronger interference with the ambiguous noun) or inanimate. The experiment uses open-ended questions to test the readers' final interpretation of the sentence. The questions target two relevant parts of the interpretation: a) intial misanalysis of the ambiguous noun and correct analysis of the actual object noun (which noun is attached to the verb as a patient) b) correct analysis of the ambiguous noun (reanalyzed and correctly attached to the structure as external possessor) We would like to compare the response accuracy with the results of a similar experiment employing yes/no questions to assess the effect of the form of the comprehension question.

We will examine the final representation of Czech garden-path sentences with patient/external possessor ambiguity. We will be using comprehension questions targeting relevant parts of the sentence: a) patient (misanalysis), possessor of the patient (reanalysis and erasing the misanalysis) and agent of the following clause (correct analysis of the rest of the sentence). The items are also controlled for the amount of interference. We would also like to test the effect of the form of the comprehension question. This experiment employs yes/no questions.

This self-paced reading experiment is a replication of our previous experiment that used open-ended questions to examine how speakers of Czech analyze and interpret garden-path sentences with patient/external possessor ambiguity. This experiment will use the same set of stimuli as the previous one, but comprehension will be tested with yes/no questions instead of open ended questions. The questions will target three relevant parts of the interpretation: a) initial misanalysis of the ambiguous noun (analyzed as patient) b) correct analysis of the object noun (succesfully recognized as patient and attached to the structure) c) correct analysis of the ambiguous noun (reanalyzed and correctly attached to the structure as external possessor) There are two types of items that differ in the strength of interference caused by the semantic similarity between the potentially ambiguous noun (external possessor) and the noun in the role of the patient; and by the morphological similarity (grammatical gender) between the ambiguous noun and the subject noun. We would like to compare the response accuracy with the results of the previous experiment and test the effect of the form of the comprehension question.

We will examine the final representation of Czech garden-path sentences with patient/external possessor ambiguity. We will be using comprehension questions targeting relevant parts of the sentence: a) patient (misanalysis), b) possessor of the patient (reanalysis and erasing the misanalysis) and c) agent of the second clause (correct analysis of the rest of the sentence). The items are also controlled for the amount of interference. We would also like to test the effect of the form of the comprehension question. This experiment employs open-ended questions.

The goal of this self-paced reading experiment is to explore the role of semantic interference in garden-path sentences processing. To test this, we use sentences containing a locally ambiguous animate noun that can be interpreted either as a patient (misanalysis) or as external possessor (correct analysis). The conditions differ in the animacy of the actual patient, which is either animate (leading to stronger interference with the ambiguous noun) or inanimate. We are interested in the reaction times on the potentially ambiguous region and the disambiguating region of the sentence, where we expect the effects of the ambiguity and of the interference level to be seen. The experiment uses open-ended questions to test the readers' final interpretation of the sentence. The questions target two relevant parts of the interpretation: a) intial misanalysis of the ambiguous noun and correct analysis of the actual object noun (which noun is attached to the verb as a patient) b) correct analysis of the ambiguous noun (reanalyzed and correctly attached to the structure as external possessor) We would like to compare the response accuracy with the results of a similar experiment employing yes/no questions to assess the effect of the form of the comprehension question.