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Looking forwards and backwards: The real-time processing of Strong and Weak Crossover
Dave Kush1,2, Jeffrey Lidz3, Colin Phillips3
1Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NTNU, Institutt for språk og litteratur, N-7491 Trondheim, NO.
Glossa (London)
|September 23, 2017
Summary
The parser uses syntactic rules, like Principle C, to quickly find pronoun antecedents. It avoids antecedents in Strong Crossover but allows them in Weak Crossover constructions.
Area of Science:
- Psycholinguistics
- Computational Linguistics
- Syntax
Background:
- Understanding how human language processing works is key to artificial intelligence.
- Pronoun resolution is a fundamental aspect of language comprehension.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how syntactic information guides pronoun antecedent retrieval in incremental parsing.
- To determine if parsers use grammatical constraints like Principle C and c-command relations.
Main Methods:
- Experiment 1: Tested pronoun processing in Strong Crossover constructions.
- Experiment 2: Tested pronoun processing in Weak Crossover constructions.
- Compared parser behavior under different crossover conditions.
Main Results:
- Parsers ignored wh-phrases in Strong Crossover but accessed them in Weak Crossover.
- Results suggest Principle C and c-command information constrain antecedent retrieval.
- The parser rapidly uses syntactic cues to limit memory retrieval.
Conclusions:
- The parser actively uses syntactic constraints, including Principle C, for efficient antecedent retrieval.
- This supports models of language processing that integrate syntactic inference with memory retrieval.
- Findings advance our understanding of incremental parsing and pronoun resolution mechanisms.
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