The Role of Shallow Processing in Agreement Attraction

We report the results of two speeded acceptability judgment experiments in Turkish. We hypothesized an alternative explanation for agreement attraction effects in Turkish that is based on shallow processing. Our findings contradict our hypothesized form-driven processing strategy and support an account of agreement attraction based on the use of abstract linguistic features, rather than mere form.

本研究报告了在土耳其语中进行的两项加速接受度判断实验的结果。我们提出了一种基于浅层处理的、对土耳其语中一致性吸引效应的替代性解释。我们的研究结果表明，与假设的以形式驱动的处理策略相悖，并支持了一种基于抽象语言特征的、而非单纯形式的、一致性吸引的解释。