Processing of sentences and garden path theory in ambiguous relative clauses in brazilian portuguese: preliminary results

Authors

  • Aline Peixoto Gravina Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul
  • Alice Ribeiro Dionizio Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-8420.2016v17n1p181

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/1984-8420.2016v17n1p181

This paper presents the results about the processing of ambiguous relative sen­tences in Brazilian Portuguese. The research has an experimental character and it is in­serted in psycholinguistics interfaced with the Syntax / Semantics formal. The project aims to investigate the preference Late Closure (LC) versus Early Closure (EC) and whether there was the influence of semantic aspects in the processing of these ambiguous sentences.The work is based on the considerations already observed by names like Frazier (1979), Cuetos and Mitchell (1988), Fodor (1998), Ribeiro (2005) and Finger and Zimmer (2005). The Garden Path theory was essential in our analysis and the results of the data present us with a broad scenario yet to be explored, but with clues to follow in some directions and statements.

Author Biographies

Aline Peixoto Gravina, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul

Professora adjunta II da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul

Coordenadora Adjunta do colegiado de Letras - Português/ Espanhol do campus de Chapecó- SC

Doutora e Mestre em Lingüística pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Graduada em Letras (Licenciatura em Língua Portuguesa e Bacharelado em Linguística) pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (2005).Atualmente é Professora da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul no campus de Chapecó em Santa Catarina.Tem experiência na área de Lingüística, com ênfase em Lingüística Histórica, Sintaxe, Fonologia e Prosódia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: português séculos 19 e 20, estudo diacrônico, gramática gerativa e prosódia.

Alice Ribeiro Dionizio, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul

Graduanda do curso de Letras - Português/Espanhol campus Chapecó da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul

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Published

2016-12-23

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2016): Sintaxe Formal

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Artigos

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