Japanese and English children's processing of complex sentences: an experimental comparison
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| adam_text | TABLE
OF CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
.....................,..........
iii
DEDICATION
.........................................iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
...................................
v
LIST OF TABLES
...................................... xvii
LIST OF FIGURES
......................................xx
1.
INTRODUCTION
____................................ 1
1.1.
Motivation of The Thesis
............................ 1
1.2.
The Structure of The Thesis
..........................4
2.
FORMAL STUDIES OF NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
BASED ON ENGLISH
................................. 7
2.1.
Basic Terms
..................................... 7
2.2.
Processing Models Based on English
................... 8
2.3.
Japanese
...................................... 13
2.4.
Problem of Japanese Parsing
........................ 15
3.
PSYCHOLINGUISTIC STUDIES ON COMPLEX SENTENCE
PROCESSING BY ENGLISH SPEAKING ADULTS
.......... 25
3.1.
Basic Processing Units:
. ,.......................... 26
3.1.1.
The Syntactic Clause as a Processing Unit
......... 26
3.1.2.
Functional/Informational Completeness
......... 28
ЗЛ.З.
Summary of Adult English Studies on Basic Processing
Units of Initial Segmentation
.................... 33
3.1.4.
Predictions for Japanese
....................... 34
3.2.
Relationships among Clauses
....................... 36
3.2.1.
Linguistic Differences Between Main and Subordinate
Clauses
........,.........................., . 38
3.2.2.
Experimental Evidence
........................ 39
3.2.2.1.
Semantic Probe Latency Task
................ 40
3.2.2.2.
Lexical Probe Latency Task
................. 41
3.2.2.3.
On-line Detection of Ear-Switching
............ 44
3.2.2.4.
Imitation Task
.......................... 44
3.2.2.5.
Summary of Experimental Results
............ 45
3.2.3.
Explanations for Attested Alain and Subordinate
Clause Differences in English
................. 47
3.2.3.1«
Source of Processing Differences
............. 47
3.2.3.2.
Kornfeld s Model
......................... 48
3.2.3.3.
Bever
&
Townsenďs
Model
................. 49
3.2.3.4.
Conciliation of the Two Models
............... 50
3.2.4.
Predictions for Japanese
....................... 55
3.3.
Conclusion
. .................................... 56
4.
DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESSING STRATEGIES
............ 58
4.1.
Formal Models of Language Acquisition
............... 58
4.2.
Experimental Studies of Development of Processing Strategies
. 60
4.2.1.
Imitation Studies
............................ 60
4.2.1.1.
Imitation of Masked Sentences
............... 60
4.2.1.2.
Clause Memory Task
...................... 62
4.2.2.
Identical and Category Monitoring Tasks
........... 64
4.2.3.
Probe Latency Task
........................... 67
4.2.4.
Summary of Experimental Studies on Development of
Processing Strategies
........................... 70
4.3.
Predictions for Japanese
..........,................ 71
5.
ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS
......................... , . 74
5.1.
Overview
...................................... 74
5.2.
Possible Solutions to the Japanese Parsing Dilemma
...... 75
xi
5.2.1.
Individual processing strategies for specific languages
. 75
5.2.2.
A Single Parser for All Languages
..............., 76
5.2.2.1.
D-Theory
.............................. 76
5.2.2.2.
Licensing Model
......................... 80
5.2.2.3.
Summary of the Single Parser Approach
....... 84
5.2.3.
Parameterized Parsing
........................ 86
5.2.3.1.
Genera) Proposal
........................ 86
5.2.3.2.
Linking a Grammatical Parameter and
Processing Strategies
........................ 88
5.2.3.3.
Implications of Parameterized Parsing Model
. . . 95
5.2.3.3.1.
Clauses as the Basic Processing Unit
...... 95
5.2.3.3.2.
Processing LB Structures
......,.,,.... 96
5.2.3.3.3.
Psycholinguistic Evidence: RB Language
. . , 97
5.2.3.3.4.
Left Branching Languages: Japanese
......100
5.2.3.4.
An Alternative: A Single Bottom-U Prcessor
.....100
5.3.
Development of Processing Strategies
..........,......102
5.3.1.
Setting of Grammatical Parameter
.........,.....103
5.3.2.
Organization of Parsing Strategies
................ 105
6.
RATIONALE
.......................................107
6.1.
Cross-Linguistic Predictions
........................108
6.1.1.
Basic Units of Initial Segmentation
...............108
6.1.2.
Differential Accessibility to Main and Subordinate
Clauses
................................... . .
Ill
6.1.2.1.
English
................................
Ill
6.1.2.2.
Japanese
..............................113
6.2.
Developmental Predictions
..............., . ,.......116
6.2.1.
General Predictions
..........................116
6.2.2.
Clauses as Segmentation Units
.................118
6.2.3.
Recency Effect
...............................119
6.2.4.
Processing of Main and Subordinate Clauses
........121
6.3.
Conclusion
.....................................124
7.
PROCESSING
EXPERIMENTS..........................126
7.1.
Overall Design
.................,.......,.........126
7.1.1.
Structures of Test Sentences
....................127
xu
7.1.1.1.
English Sentences
........................128
7.1.1.2.
Japanese Sentences
.......................129
7.1.2.
Interruption of Test Sentences
..................135
7.1.2.1.
English
................................136
7.1.2.2.
Japanese
..............................137
7.1.2.3.
Basic Clauses
...........................138
7.1.2.4.
Position of a Probe
........................141
7.1.3.
Age Groups
.........................,.......142
7.1.4.
Analysis of Results
...........................142
7.1.5.
Statistical Analysis
...........................144
7.2.
PROCESSING EXPERIMENTS
......................145
7.2.1.
Experiment I: English Semantic PLT
..............145
7.2.1.1.Method
................................146
7.2.1Л.1.
Materials
..........................146
7.2.1.1.1.1.
Sentence Construction
.............146
7.2.1.1.1.2.
Recording
......................150
7.2.1.1.2.
Subjects
..........................,151
7.2.1.1.3.
Design
............................152
7.2.1.1.4.
Procedure
..........................152
7.2.1.2.
Experimental Hypotheses for Experiment I
.....153
7.2.1.3.
Results
................................157
7.2.1.3.1.
Scoring
............................ 157
7.2.1.3.2.
Statistical Analysis
................... 159
7.2.1.3.3.
Major Results of Experiment I
........... 161
7.2.1.4.
Summary and Discussion for English Semantic
PLT
.....................................169
7.2.2.
Experiment II: English Lexical PLT
...............172
7.2.2.1.
Method
................................172
7.2.2.1.1.
Material
...........................172
7.2.2.1.1.1.
Sentence Construction
.............172
7.2.2.1.1.2.
Recording
......................173
7.2.2.1.2.
Subjects
...........................174
7.2.2.1.3.
Design
............................175
7.2.2.1.4.
Procedure
..........................175
7.2.2.2.
Experimental Hypotheses for Experiment II
.....176
ХШ
7.2.2.3.
Results cf Experiment
И:
English lexical PLT
... 179
7.2.2.3.1.
Scoring
............................179
7.2.2.3.2.
Statistical Analysis
...................180
7.2.2.3.3.
Major Results of Experiment II
..........181
7.2.2.4.
Summary and Discussion for English Lexical PLT
194
7.2.2.5.
Summary and Contrasts of Experiment I
&
Π
... 198
7.2.3.
Experiment III: Japanese Semantic PLT
...........203
7.2.3.1.
Methods
...............................203
7.2.3.1.1.
Material
...........................204
7.2.3.1.1.1.
Sentence construction
.............204
7.2.3.1.1.2.
Recording
. ..................... 209
7.2.3.1.2.
Subjects
..............., ...........210
7.2.3.1.3.
Design
............................211
7.2.3.1.4.
Procedure
..........................212
7.2.3.2.
Experimental Hypotheses for Experiment III
... 212
7.2.3.2.1.
Clauses v/ithout a Gap
................213
7.2.3.2.2.
Clauses with a Gap
................... 216
7.2.3.3.
Results for Experiment III: Japanese Semantic
PLT
.....................................219
7.2.3.3.1.
Scoring
............................219
7.2.3.3.2.
Statistical Analysis
...................221
7.2.3.3.3.
Major Results of Experiment
ΙΠ
.........221
7.2.3.4.
Summary and Discussion for Experiment
Ш
. . . , 233
7.2.3.4.1.
Clauses without a Gap
................ 233
7.2.3.4.2.
Clauses with a Gap
................ . , , 235
7.2.3.4.3.
Overall Data
........................237
7.2.4.
Experiment TV: Japanese Lexical PLT
................238
7.2.4.1.
Method
...................................238
7.2.4.1.1.
Material
.............................238
7.2.4.1.1.1.
Sentence construction
................238
7.2.4.1.1.2.
Recording
.........................239
7.2.4.1.2.
Subjects
..............................239
7.2.4.1.3.
Design
...............................240
7.2.4.1.4.
Procedure
.............................241
7.2.4.2.
Experimental Hypothesis for Experiment IV
.......241
7.2.4.2.
L
Clauses without a gap
....... ............ . 241
XIV
7.2.4.2.2.
Clauses with a gap
......................243
7.2.4.3.
Results for Experiment IV: Japanese lexical PLT
.... 245
7.2.4.3.1.
Scoring
............................... 245
7.2.4.3.2.
Statistical Analysis
......................246
7.2.4.3.3.
Major Results of Experiment IV
............247
7.2.4.4.
Summary and Discussion for Experiment IV
......261
7.2.4.4.1.
Clauses without a gap
....................261
7.2.4.4.2.
Clauses with a Gap
......................262
7.2.4.4.3.
Overall Data
...........................264
7.2.4.5.
Summary and Contrasts of Experiment
Ш
&
IV
.... ^35
7.2.4.5.1
Overall Data
........................... 265
7.2.4.5.2.
Sentences without a Gap
..................267
7.2.4.5.3.
Sentences with a Gap
.................... 271
8.
COMPARISONS ACROSS ENGLISH AND JAPANESE
........ 276
8.1.
Matched Design
.................................276
8.1.1.
Subjects
...................................276
8.1.2.
Matched Design
............................. 277
8.2.
Summary of Comparative Results
....................279
8.2.1.
Comparability across Semantic and Lexical Tasks
... 279
8.2.2.
Overall CR and RT
...........................280
8.2.3.
Age Effect
..................................283
8.2.4.
Effect of Probe Type
...........................283
8.2.5.
RT and CR for Comparable Sentences
.............284
8.2.6.
Recency
Eíľec
...............................288
8.2.7.
Main and Subordinate Clause Differences
..........290
8.2.8.
Semantic and Lexical Task Contrasts
.............294
8.2.9.
Japanese Sentences with and without a Gap
........295
9.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
9.1.
Continuity between Children and Adults
...............297
9.1.1.
Recency Effect
...............................298
9.1.2.
Main and Subordinate Clause Differences
..........300
9.1-3.
Implications for UG and First Language Acquisition
. , 303
9.2.
Cross-Linguistic Difference
........................304
9.3.
Fit of Data to Models
..............................308
9.4.
Semantic vs
Syntactic
Unit of Processing
...............
9.5.
Processing
of Gaps
...............................328
9.6.
Conclusion
..................................... 328
REFERENCES
........................................332
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