The effect of noun animacy on the processing of unambiguous sentences: Evidence from French relative clauses

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1896-1905

  Baudiffier, Vanessa ^a   Caplan, David ^b   Gaonac'h, Daniel ^a   Chesnet, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre de Recherches Sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage   (France)

Author keywords

French; Noun animacy; Relative clause sentences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FRANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; READING; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; COMPREHENSION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FIXATION, OCULAR; FRANCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; READING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855772480     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.608851     Document Type: Article

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