Object interference in subject-verb agreement: The role of intermediate traces of movement

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-182

  Franck, Julie ^a   Soare, Gabriela ^a   Frauenfelder, Ulrich H ^a   Rizzi, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental psycholinguistics; Formal syntax; Intermediate traces; Movement; Object interference; Sentence production; Subject verb agreement

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649128500     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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