Cunnings, Ian

Sturt, Patrick

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     Edinburgh Research Explorer                                      Memory Retrieval During the Processing of Adjuncts and Co-OrdinationCitation for published version:Cunnings, I & Sturt, P 2018, 'Memory Retrieval During the Processing of Adjuncts and Co-Ordination' CUNY2018, California, United States, 15/03/18 - 17/03/18, .Link:Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research ExplorerGeneral rightsCopyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s)and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise andabide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.Take down policyThe University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorercontent complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright pleasecontact openaccess@ed.ac.uk providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately andinvestigate your claim.Download date: 14. Jun. 2018Ian Cunnings1 | Patrick Sturt2 1Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading 2Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh Contact information • Email: i.cunnings@reading.ac.uk | patrick.sturt@ed.ac.uk • Web: www.reading.ac.uk/pcls/people/i-cunnings.aspx | www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/people/patrick-sturt Acknowledgements • This research was supported by a British Academy/Leverhulme • Small Research Grant Memory Retrieval During the Processing of Adjuncts and Co-Ordination Cue-Based Parsing  • Cue-based parsing predicts linguistic dependencies should be susceptible to similarity-based interference • (Jäger et al., 2017; Lewis et al., 2006; McElree, 2000)  • One well-studied example of interference comes from illusions of grammaticality in subject-verb agreement • (e.g. Lago et al., 2015; Wagers et al., 2009)  1 The key to the cabinet/s was rusty  2 The key to the cabinet/s were rusty   Illusions of Plausibility  • Recent research has also implicated illusions of plausibility in filler-gap dependencies (Cunnings & Sturt, under review)  3 Sue saw the plate that the butler with the cup/tie accidently shattered earlier today  4 Sue saw the letter that the butler with the cup/tie accidently shattered earlier today  • Such illusions suggest interference influences perception of sentence plausibility as well as grammaticality   Adjuncts and Co-Ordination  • The extent to which illusions of plausibility are observed in other linguistic dependencies is not known  • Some evidence of such illusions in temporal adjuncts (Cunnings & Sturt, CUNY 2014)  5 The policeman/criminal who saw that the cop/car was waiting shouted loudly before arresting the robber for theft  • Can we find further evidence of illusions of plausibility? Summary & Conclusions  • Significant plausibility effects in both experiments, with numerical but not significant  interference effects  • Combined analysis of regression path in both experiments revealed significant plausibility by distractor interaction  • Results suggestive of interference in temporal adjuncts (see also Parker et al., 2015) and co-ordination  • Interference may have been attenuated here because the distractor did not match the [+SUBJECT] retrieval cue of the verb (see Van Dyke & McElree, 2011) The Current Study  • We investigated illusions of plausibility in two experiments (n = 48 in each)  • Experiment 1 investigated temporal adjuncts (see below)  • Experiment 2 tested identical materials but with co-ordination • e.g. The detective/criminal stood by the cop/car and then arrested the robber outside the bank.  (A) Plausible, Animate Distractor The detective stood by the cop very calmly after arresting the robber outside the bank.  (B) Plausible, Inanimate Distractor The detective stood by the car very calmly after arresting the robber outside the bank.  (C) Implausible, Animate Distractor The criminal stood by the cop very calmly after arresting the robber outside the bank.  (D) Implausible, Inanimate Distractor The criminal stood by the car very calmly after arresting the robber outside the bank. Experiment 1:  Regression Path Verb Region Spillover Region (A) (B) (C) (D) (A) (B) (C) (D) Experiment 1:  Total Time Verb Region Spillover Region (A) (B) (C) (D) (A) (B) (C) (D) Experiment 2:  Regression Path Verb Region Spillover Region (A) (B) (C) (D) (A) (B) (C) (D) Grammaticality * Region (p = .003) Experiment 2:  Total Time Verb Region Spillover Region (A) (B) (C) (D) (A) (B) (C) (D) 

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