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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Boland, Julie E.; Blodgett, Allison – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2006
Prepositional phrase attachment was investigated in temporarily ambiguous sentences. Both attachment site (noun phrase or verb phrase) and argument status (argument or adjunct) were manipulated to test the hypothesis that arguments are processed differently than adjuncts. Contrary to this hypothesis, some previous research suggested that arguments…
Descriptors: Sentences, Verbs, Eye Movements, Nouns
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Blodgett, Allison; Boland, Julie E. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2004
We conducted two word-by-word reading experiments to investigate the timing of implausibility detection for recipient and instrument prepositional phrases (PPs). These PPs differ in thematic role, relative frequency, and possibly in argument status. The results showed a difference in the timing of garden path effects such that the detection of…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure, Syntax