Figure 1.
Mean acceptability ratings across sentence types in experiment 2.
Error bars ±1 SE. Significant differences: *p<0.05, **p<0.001.
Figure 2.
The G-Maze experimental design.
Words are presented incrementally in pairs and participants have to select the one that fits the context best. RT is logged for each selection.
Figure 3.
Mean RT, word for word, experiment 2.
Error bars ± 1 SE, *p<0.05.
Figure 4.
Mean RT, word for word, experiment 3.
Error bars ± 1 SE, *p<0.05, **p<0.001.
Figure 5.
(A) The structure of a verb phrase headed by a verb with a CP complement, (B) a verb with a DP object. Notice that the verb notice appears in both (A) and (B). CP=Complementizer Phrase, TP=Tense Phrase, VP=Verb Phrase, DP=Determiner Phrase. In English, in examples like the ones used here, C can be realized by the optional complementizer that, T as a finite auxiliary or tense inflection, and V is where the lexical verb is inserted.