Processing Evidence for the Grammatical Encoding of the Mass/Count Distinction in Mandarin Chinese

Autor/inn/en	Yao, Panpan; Stockall, Linnaea; Hall, David; Borer, Hagit
Titel	Processing Evidence for the Grammatical Encoding of the Mass/Count Distinction in Mandarin Chinese
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 51 (2022) 2, S.341-371 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yao, Panpan)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-022-09844-0
Schlagwörter	Grammar; Language Processing; Mandarin Chinese; Syntax; Nouns; Phrase Structure; Cues; Predictor Variables; Form Classes (Languages); Semantics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grammatik; Sprachverarbeitung; Phrasenstruktur; Stichwort; Prädiktor; Analytischer Sprachbau; Semantik
Abstract	Using the Visual World Paradigm, the current study aimed to explore whether the mass/count distinction is determined by syntax in Mandarin Chinese, focusing on classified nouns in nominal phrases. By using dual-role classifiers, ontological count and mass nouns, and phrase structures with and without biased syntactic cues we found that the mass/count distinction is initially computed using phrase structure but can be overridden in cases where the syntax is incompatible with nouns' ontological meanings. The results indicate that in Mandarin Chinese, syntactic cues can be rapidly used to make predictions about upcoming information in real time processing. (As Provided).
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