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Do We Need a Distinction between Arguments and Adjuncts? Evidence from Psycholinguistic Studies of Comprehension

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Author

  • Damon Tutunjian
  • Julie E. Boland

Summary, in English

Within both psycholinguistic theories of parsing and formal theories of syntax, a

distinction between arguments and adjuncts is central to some theories, while

minimized or denied by others. Even for theories that deem the argument/

adjunct distinction important, the exact nature of the distinction has been difficult

to characterize. In this article, we review the psycholinguistic evidence for an

argument/adjunct distinction, discuss how argument status can best be defined in

the light of such evidence, and consider the implications for how grammatical

knowledge is represented and accessed in the human mind.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

631-646

Publication/Series

Language and Linguistics Compass

Volume

2

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Keywords

  • Psycholinguistics
  • sentence processing
  • arguments and adjuncts
  • eyetracking.

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1749-818X