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Processing complex sentences is easier when parts are separated. Complement coercion cost is reduced when object-extracted relative clauses (ORCs) separate verb and complement, unlike subject-extracted relative clauses (SRCs).

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  • Computational Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Processing complex semantic expressions can be challenging.
  • Difficulty is reduced when critical constituents are in separate clauses versus the same clause.
  • Complement coercion involves event-selecting verbs and entity complements, posing processing challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how sentence structure affects processing difficulty in complement coercion.
  • To compare processing costs of complement coercion in subject-extracted relative clauses (SRCs) versus simple sentences.
  • To examine if object-extracted relative clauses (ORCs) reduce complement coercion costs compared to SRCs.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Compared reading times for coercion vs. control expressions in SRCs and simple sentences.
  • Experiment 2: Compared reading times for coercion costs in ORCs vs. SRCs.
  • Corpus analysis: Examined the frequency of complement coercion in ORCs versus SRCs.

Main Results:

  • Complement coercion incurs a processing cost, replicated in Experiment 1.
  • Reading times for verb-complement pairs were faster in SRCs than simple sentences, but coercion cost was unaffected by structure.
  • Experiment 2 showed reduced coercion cost in ORCs compared to SRCs.
  • Corpus analysis confirmed higher frequency of complement coercion in ORCs than SRCs.

Conclusions:

  • Sentence structure significantly impacts the processing of complex semantic expressions like complement coercion.
  • Object-extracted relative clauses (ORCs) facilitate complement coercion by separating critical constituents, reducing processing difficulty.
  • These findings inform our understanding of structural configurations that aid semantic processing and are reflected in language use.