Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish

Autores
Sánchez, María Elina; Sevilla, Yamila Alejandra; Bachrach, Asaf
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
We report the results of a study investigating the production of gender and number agreement between head noun and predicative adjective in Spanish using an elicited-error paradigm with preambles that included either Control or Raising verbs. In order to identify if the subjects of the infinitivals selected by these two verb types are syntactically identical (Movement Theory of Control) or distinct (Theory of Control by PRO or anaphora), the following features in the preambles were manipulated: gender of head noun (Feminine–Masculine), gender and number (Singular–Plural) of local noun, and type of verb (Control–Raising). We analyzed the agreement errors and omissions patterns, as well as response times in the production of the target adjective. The error rate was not different across the two syntactic conditions, but the two verb classes were associated with significantly different number of target omissions. Furthermore, omissions in the Control condition were specifically associated with feminine agreeing adjectives. This pattern was also reflected in the adjective production latency. Taken together, these results undermine the Control by Movement explanation and argue for a Control by PRO analysis of Control constructions.
Fil: Sánchez, María Elina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina
Fil: Sevilla, Yamila Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina
Fil: Bachrach, Asaf. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Francia. Université Paris VIII; Francia
Materia
Agreement
Control And Raising Structures
Language Production
Psycholinguistics
Spanish
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spelling Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in SpanishSánchez, María ElinaSevilla, Yamila AlejandraBachrach, AsafAgreementControl And Raising StructuresLanguage ProductionPsycholinguisticsSpanishhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6We report the results of a study investigating the production of gender and number agreement between head noun and predicative adjective in Spanish using an elicited-error paradigm with preambles that included either Control or Raising verbs. In order to identify if the subjects of the infinitivals selected by these two verb types are syntactically identical (Movement Theory of Control) or distinct (Theory of Control by PRO or anaphora), the following features in the preambles were manipulated: gender of head noun (Feminine–Masculine), gender and number (Singular–Plural) of local noun, and type of verb (Control–Raising). We analyzed the agreement errors and omissions patterns, as well as response times in the production of the target adjective. The error rate was not different across the two syntactic conditions, but the two verb classes were associated with significantly different number of target omissions. Furthermore, omissions in the Control condition were specifically associated with feminine agreeing adjectives. This pattern was also reflected in the adjective production latency. Taken together, these results undermine the Control by Movement explanation and argue for a Control by PRO analysis of Control constructions.Fil: Sánchez, María Elina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; ArgentinaFil: Sevilla, Yamila Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; ArgentinaFil: Bachrach, Asaf. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Francia. Université Paris VIII; FranciaElsevier2016-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/74917Sánchez, María Elina; Sevilla, Yamila Alejandra; Bachrach, Asaf; Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish; Elsevier; Lingua; 177; 7-2016; 60-770024-3841CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024384115002661info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.lingua.2015.12.014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:37:33Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/74917instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:37:33.336CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish
title Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish
spellingShingle Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish
Sánchez, María Elina
Agreement
Control And Raising Structures
Language Production
Psycholinguistics
Spanish
title_short Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish
title_full Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish
title_fullStr Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish
title_full_unstemmed Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish
title_sort Agreement processing in control and raising structures: Evidence from sentence production in Spanish
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sánchez, María Elina
Sevilla, Yamila Alejandra
Bachrach, Asaf
author Sánchez, María Elina
author_facet Sánchez, María Elina
Sevilla, Yamila Alejandra
Bachrach, Asaf
author_role author
author2 Sevilla, Yamila Alejandra
Bachrach, Asaf
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Agreement
Control And Raising Structures
Language Production
Psycholinguistics
Spanish
topic Agreement
Control And Raising Structures
Language Production
Psycholinguistics
Spanish
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We report the results of a study investigating the production of gender and number agreement between head noun and predicative adjective in Spanish using an elicited-error paradigm with preambles that included either Control or Raising verbs. In order to identify if the subjects of the infinitivals selected by these two verb types are syntactically identical (Movement Theory of Control) or distinct (Theory of Control by PRO or anaphora), the following features in the preambles were manipulated: gender of head noun (Feminine–Masculine), gender and number (Singular–Plural) of local noun, and type of verb (Control–Raising). We analyzed the agreement errors and omissions patterns, as well as response times in the production of the target adjective. The error rate was not different across the two syntactic conditions, but the two verb classes were associated with significantly different number of target omissions. Furthermore, omissions in the Control condition were specifically associated with feminine agreeing adjectives. This pattern was also reflected in the adjective production latency. Taken together, these results undermine the Control by Movement explanation and argue for a Control by PRO analysis of Control constructions.
Fil: Sánchez, María Elina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina
Fil: Sevilla, Yamila Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Instituto de Lingüística; Argentina
Fil: Bachrach, Asaf. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Francia. Université Paris VIII; Francia
description We report the results of a study investigating the production of gender and number agreement between head noun and predicative adjective in Spanish using an elicited-error paradigm with preambles that included either Control or Raising verbs. In order to identify if the subjects of the infinitivals selected by these two verb types are syntactically identical (Movement Theory of Control) or distinct (Theory of Control by PRO or anaphora), the following features in the preambles were manipulated: gender of head noun (Feminine–Masculine), gender and number (Singular–Plural) of local noun, and type of verb (Control–Raising). We analyzed the agreement errors and omissions patterns, as well as response times in the production of the target adjective. The error rate was not different across the two syntactic conditions, but the two verb classes were associated with significantly different number of target omissions. Furthermore, omissions in the Control condition were specifically associated with feminine agreeing adjectives. This pattern was also reflected in the adjective production latency. Taken together, these results undermine the Control by Movement explanation and argue for a Control by PRO analysis of Control constructions.
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0024-3841
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CONICET Digital
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