Another look at the role of empty categories in sentence processing (and grammar)

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-73

  Lee, Ming Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empty category; Extraction; Filler; Gap; Pied piping; Prepositional stranding; Reanalysis; Sentence processing; Trace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442699306     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOPR.0000010514.50468.30     Document Type: Article

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