Exam 8: Understanding Sentence Structure and Meaning

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How is working memory involved in the process of understanding the structure and meaning of a sentence? Do some sentences place a heavier burden on working memory than others?

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What are garden path sentences? Provide an example of a garden path sentence as well as a possible way to remedy it.

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What seems to be a crucial difference between using ERP analysis and eye tracking to evaluate subjects' moment-by-moment experiences of spoken language?

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Chambers et al. (2004) used an eye movement study to compare where people would look when given instructions about eggs that were either in their shell or cracked in a container. This study suggested that _ plays an important role in disambiguating spoken language, supporting the _.

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In their 1998 study, John Trueswell and Al Kim (1998) found that they could steer readers toward one or another interpretation of a garden path sentence by subliminally presenting an unrelated verb that was biased toward either a direct object or a sentential complement frame. This shows

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During the Stroop test, subjects

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How is working memory involved in the process of understanding the structure and meaning of a sentence? Do some sentences place a heavier burden on working memory than others?

What are garden path sentences? Provide an example of a garden path sentence as well as a possible way to remedy it.

What seems to be a crucial difference between using ERP analysis and eye tracking to evaluate subjects' moment-by-moment experiences of spoken language?

Chambers et al. (2004) used an eye movement study to compare where people would look when given instructions about eggs that were either in their shell or cracked in a container. This study suggested that _ plays an important role in disambiguating spoken language, supporting the _.

In their 1998 study, John Trueswell and Al Kim (1998) found that they could steer readers toward one or another interpretation of a garden path sentence by subliminally presenting an unrelated verb that was biased toward either a direct object or a sentential complement frame. This shows

During the Stroop test, subjects

Origins of Human Language

Language and the Brain

Learning Sound Patterns

Learning Words

Learning the Structure of Sentences

Speech Perception

Word Recognition

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Exam 8: Understanding Sentence Structure and Meaning

How is working memory involved in the process of understanding the structure and meaning of a sentence? Do some sentences place a heavier burden on working memory than others?

What are garden path sentences? Provide an example of a garden path sentence as well as a possible way to remedy it.

What seems to be a crucial difference between using ERP analysis and eye tracking to evaluate subjects' moment-by-moment experiences of spoken language?

Chambers et al. (2004) used an eye movement study to compare where people would look when given instructions about eggs that were either in their shell or cracked in a container. This study suggested that _______ plays an important role in disambiguating spoken language, supporting the _______.

In their 1998 study, John Trueswell and Al Kim (1998) found that they could steer readers toward one or another interpretation of a garden path sentence by subliminally presenting an unrelated verb that was biased toward either a direct object or a sentential complement frame. This shows

During the Stroop test, subjects

Origins of Human Language

Language and the Brain

Learning Sound Patterns

Learning Words

Learning the Structure of Sentences

Speech Perception

Word Recognition

Filters

Chambers et al. (2004) used an eye movement study to compare where people would look when given instructions about eggs that were either in their shell or cracked in a container. This study suggested that _ plays an important role in disambiguating spoken language, supporting the _.