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Direct linkKaitlyn E. May; Jason Scofield – Journal of Child Language, 2024
Sentences that have more than one possible meaning are said to be syntactically ambiguous (SA). Because the correct interpretation of these sentences can be unclear, resolving SA sentences can be cognitively demanding for children, particularly with regards to inhibitory control (IC). In this study we provide three lines of evidence supporting the…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Error Patterns, Syntax, Ambiguity (Semantics)
