In this major new book, John A. Hawkins presents a new theory of linear ordering in syntax.
He argues that processing can provide a simple, functional explanation for syntactic rules of …

This critical volume, provides an in-depth analysis of second language reading's multiple
dimensions. The paperback edition describes the complexity of reading and explains how …

A strong claim about human sentence comprehension is that the processing mechanism is
fully innate and applies differently to different languages only to the extent that their …

The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists
and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially …

This study investigates the way adult second language (L2) learners of English resolve
relative clause attachment ambiguities in sentences such as The dean liked the secretary of …

Four groups of second language (L2) learners of English from different language
backgrounds (Chinese, Japanese, German, and Greek) and a group of native speaker …

Syntactic Carpentry: An Emergentist Approach to Syntax presents a groundbreaking
approach to the study of sentence formation. Building on the emergentist thesis that the …

Cuetos and Mitchell (1988) observed that in constructions in which a relative clause can
attach to one of two possible sites, English speakers prefer the more recent attachment site …

Current theories of parsing suggest a wide variety of mechanisms by which modifiers, such
as relative clauses, may be related to constituents that offer more than one potential …

Gorrell presents a psycholinguistic model of human parsing in which specific properties of
syntactic knowledge play a crucial role in determining ambiguity-resolution behavior. The …