Mean scores and standard deviations in the three rating: the plausibility of complete sentences (Rating 1) for the three conditions, the plausibility of subject—predicate construction (Rating 2), and the difficulty to continue the sentences after the critical verb (Rating 3).

The standard deviations are shown in parentheses. CON, congruent condition; SEM, semantic violation condition; SEM+SYN, combined semantic and syntactic violation condition. Ratings 1 and 2 ranged from 1 = ‘‘extremely unacceptable” to 5 = ‘‘fully acceptable”; Rating 3 ranged from 1 = ‘‘very difficult” to 5 = ‘‘very easy”.
Mean scores and standard deviations in the three rating: the plausibility of complete sentences (Rating 1) for the three conditions, the plausibility of subject—predicate construction (Rating 2), and the difficulty to continue the sentences after the critical verb (Rating 3).