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Complexity effects are found in all relative-clause sentence forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

Glenda Andrews  and
Graeme S. Halford
Glenda Andrews
Affiliation:
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 2678 gandrews@csu.edu.au
Graeme S. Halford
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland Australia 4072 gsh@psy.edu.au www.psy.uq.edu.au/people/department/gsh/index.html
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Abstract

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We argue that if a different definition of sentence complexity is adopted and processing capacity is assessed in a way that is consistent with that definition, then the Caplan & Waters distinction between interpretive versus postinterpretive processing is unnecessary insofar that it applies to the thematic role assignment in relative-clause sentences.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 1999 , pp. 95
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press