The Effect of -ga Sequences on Processing Japanese Multiply Center-Embedded Sentences
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This study investigated the effect of more than two consecutive NPs bearing the nominative case-marker -ga on the processing difficulty associated with Japanese multiply center-embedded sentences. Experiment 1 found that NP-ga sequences are rated substantially less favorably for processability ratings than their matched counterparts; thus, theories that predict processing load must offer an account of this special source of processing difficulty. Experiment 2 used an alternation in Korean nominative particles -i and -ka, phonologically triggered, to narrow the sense in which it might be said that the cost of NP-ga sequences arises because of a problem in discriminating among consecutive NPs. In this case, processability ratings provided no evidence that confusable NP-Nom's are made more distinct by purely phonological variation in their case-markers.
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تاریخ انتشار 1996