Evaluation and reading time of predicate agreement with conjuncts
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2022/13/0007/000549Keywords:
Closest Conjunct Agreement, Personal Hierarchy, Coordinate SubjectAbstract
This paper aims to investigate possible patterns of predicate agreement with coordinated pronominal subjects in Russian. We conducted two experiments to examine the effect of two factors on acceptability and reading time of different verbal forms, namely the order of conjuncts exhibiting different grammatical features (‘1sg-2sg’ or ‘2sg-1sg’) and the order of subject and verb (SVO or OVS). The experimental results showed differences in agreement patterns related to word order, as respondents more often allowed the less frequently encountered closest conjunct agreement in OVS stimuli than in SVO ones.
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