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  • Discourse coherence relies on understanding relationships between sentences.
  • Conjoined embedded clauses present unique challenges for coherence inference.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how the complementizer 'that' influences discourse coherence in conjoined embedded clauses.
  • To determine the effect of 'that' on forward and backward causal inferences.

Main Methods:

  • Five studies were conducted using sentence structures with and without the complementizer 'that'.
  • Participants' interpretations of causal relationships between clauses were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • The presence of 'that' reduced the likelihood of inferring a forward causal relationship.
  • Conversely, 'that' facilitated the inference of a backward causal relationship, particularly in forced-choice tasks.

Conclusions:

  • Syntactic elements like complementizers can significantly impact discourse-level coherence.
  • This highlights an interaction between syntactic parsing and discourse parsing in language comprehension.