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dc.contributor.authorXiang, Ming
dc.contributor.authorHarizanov, Boris
dc.contributor.authorPolinsky, Maria
dc.contributor.authorKravtchenko, Ekaterina
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-13T16:34:57Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationXiang, Ming, Boris Harizanov, Maria Polinsky, and Ekaterina Kravtchenko. 2011. “Processing Morphological Ambiguity: An Experimental Investigation of Russian Numerical Phrases.” Lingua 121 (3) (February): 548–560. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2010.10.016.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0024-3841en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:37108754
dc.description.abstractRussian nouns in nominative and accusative numerical expressions appear in three different forms, depending on the numeral: nominative singular with the numeral 1, genitive singular with the paucal numerals 2–4, and genitive plural with all other numerals. Results from an acceptability judgment task and a self-paced reading task on Russian case/number marking provide support for a theory stating that the suffix used with paucal nouns is morphologically ambiguous. The ambiguity resolution process involving this suffix leads to extra processing cost, compared to the unambiguous suffixes in other numeral contexts (the number 1, and the numbers 5+). This would account for the additional processing time observed with the paucal nouns. The status of the form occurring with the paucal numerals has long been a challenging issue in Russian linguistics, and the new results add to the growing body of literature which makes use of experimental methods to address issues of linguistic theory and analysis.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipLinguisticsen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1016/j.lingua.2010.10.016en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mpolinsky/files/offprint_0.pdfen_US
dash.licenseOAP
dc.subjectSentence processingen_US
dc.subjectSurface and underlying representationsen_US
dc.subjectInflectional morphologyen_US
dc.subjectNumerical expressionsen_US
dc.subjectRussianen_US
dc.subjectSlavicen_US
dc.titleProcessing morphological ambiguity: An experimental investigation of Russian numerical phrasesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscripten_US
dc.relation.journalLinguaen_US
dash.depositing.authorPolinsky, Maria
dc.date.available2018-06-13T16:34:57Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.lingua.2010.10.016*
dash.contributor.affiliatedPolinsky, Maria


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