Heaviness vs. Newness: The Effects of Structural Complexity and Discourse Status on Constituent Ordering  

Oleh:

Arnold, Jennifer E. ; Losongco, Anthony ; Wasow, Thomas ; Ginstrom, Ryan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language (ada di JSTOR) vol. 76 no. 1 (1999), page 28-55.
Fulltext: Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 28-55.pdf (9.64MB)

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Variations in postverbal constituent ordering have been attributed to both grammatical complex- ity (heaviness) and discourse status (newness), although few studies compare the two factors explicitly. Through corpus analysis and experimentation, we demonstrate that both factors simul- taneously and independently influence word order in two English constructions. While past investi- gations of these factors have focused on their effects in language comprehension, we argue that postponing heavy and new constituents facilitates processes of planning and production.*

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