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Parsing |
A stage in language comprehension, the process by which the words in the message are transformed into a mental representation of the combined meaning of the words, after the perceptual processes. |
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Utilization |
A stage in language comprehension, after parsing in which the representatio of the sentence's meaning is used. |
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Constituent |
A phrase unit, processing unit with limited access to the phrase maintained as long as its meaning is processed. |
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Center-embedded sentence |
A type of sentence where one clause is embedded in another, such sentences are easier to interpret in they include pronouns. |
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Garden-path sentences |
Sententes that are ambiguous, leading to one path first and then having the following contradict the interpretation. |
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Principle of minimal attachment |
A factor in how ambiguous sentences are resolved, the interpretation which causes minimal complication of its phrase structure is preferred. |
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Transient ambiguity |
Ambiguity in sentences that is resolved later in the sentence, giving the sentence only one possible interpretation. |
