Parsing and working memory in bilingual sentence processing

I Cunnings - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2017 - cambridge.org
A growing body of research has investigated bilingual sentence processing. How to account
for differences in native (L1) and non-native (L2) processing is controversial. Some explain …

Encoding and retrieval interference in sentence comprehension: Evidence from agreement

S Villata, W Tabor, J Franck - Frontiers in psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Long-distance verb-argument dependencies generally require the integration of a fronted
argument when the verb is encountered for sentence interpretation. Under a parsing model …

[HTML][HTML] Agreement attraction in grammatical sentences and the role of the task

A Laurinavichyute, T Von der Malsburg - Journal of Memory and Language, 2024 - Elsevier
This study evaluates two broad classes of language processing accounts that make
predictions for sentences like “The admirer of the singer (s) apparently thinks...”. Feature …

[HTML][HTML] Number feature distortion modulates cue-based retrieval in reading

H Yadav, G Smith, S Reich, S Vasishth - Journal of Memory and Language, 2023 - Elsevier
In sentence comprehension, what are the cognitive constraints that determine number
agreement computation? Two broad classes of theoretical proposals are:(i) Representation …

Retrieval interference in syntactic processing: The case of reflexive binding in English

U Patil, S Vasishth, RL Lewis - Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
It has been proposed that in online sentence comprehension the dependency between a
reflexive pronoun such as himself/herself and its antecedent is resolved using exclusively …

Statistical methods for linguistic research: Foundational ideas–Part I

S Vasishth, B Nicenboim - Language and Linguistics Compass, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We present the fundamental ideas underlying statistical hypothesis testing using the
frequentist framework. We start with a simple example that builds up the one‐sample t‐test …

[HTML][HTML] SEAM: An integrated activation-coupled model of sentence processing and eye movements in reading

MM Rabe, D Paape, D Mertzen, S Vasishth… - Journal of Memory and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Models of eye-movement control during reading, developed largely within
psychology, usually focus on visual, attentional, lexical, and motor processes but neglect …

Similarity-based interference in agreement comprehension and production: Evidence from object agreement.

S Villata, J Franck - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Studies on agreement production consistently report an increase in production errors in the
presence of an attractor mismatching the agreement feature of the target. In contrast, results …

On the shallow processing (dis) advantage: Grammar and economy

A Koornneef, E Reuland - Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In the psycholinguistic literature it has been proposed that readers and listeners often adopt
a “good-enough” processing strategy in which a “shallow” representation of an utterance …

The reading signatures of agreement attraction

S Lago, C Acuña Fariña, E Meseguer - Open Mind, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
The comprehension of subject-verb agreement shows “attraction effects,” which reveal that
number computations can be derailed by nouns that are grammatically unlicensed to control …