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Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Sentence processing load is influenced by syntactic and information structures.
  • Previous research often focused on head-initial languages, leaving head-final languages understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of syntactic and information structures on sentence processing load in Japanese, a head-final SOV language.
  • To determine if the interaction between syntactic and information structures is unique to head-initial languages.
  • To identify the specific processing stage where this interaction occurs.

Main Methods:

  • Two reading comprehension experiments were conducted using Japanese sentences.
  • Analysis focused on identifying main effects and interactions between syntactic and information structures.
  • Processing load was inferred from comprehension performance.

Main Results:

  • Significant main effects of both syntactic and information structures on processing load were found.
  • A significant interaction between syntactic and information structures was observed.
  • This interaction was localized to the second noun phrase (NP), a pre-head position in SOV structures.

Conclusions:

  • The interaction between syntactic and information structures is not limited to head-initial languages.
  • Processing in head-final languages involves incremental integration of syntactic and information structures.
  • The pre-head position is crucial for observing this interaction in head-final languages.