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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nFriday, March 15, 2024 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
  \n SS560A \n Sidney Smith Hall \n 100 St. George St., Toronto, ON M5S 3
 G3 \n\nSpeakers \nProfessor Matt Wagers (University of California, Santa 
 Cruz) \n\nDescription: \nAs part of the Department of Linguistics guest sp
 eaker serries, please welcome Prof. Matt Wagers (University of California
 , Santa Cruz) who will be giving a talk on (Re-)encoding interference.Abs
 tract: When do two DPs interact in sentence processing, and how does thei
 r similarity relationship affect that interaction?My first case study in t
 his talk will be the processing of relative clauses (RCs) in Santiago Laxo
 pa Zapotec (SLZ), an Oto-Manguean language of Oaxaca. SLZ is a verb-initi
 al language whose ambiguous RCs consist of N - V - N sequences. Resumptive
  pronouns (RPs) can be inserted to disambiguate, either in subject, or o
 bject position; but object RPs sometimes appear to be quite difficult to 
 comprehend. In a series of judgment and visual-world eye-tracking experime
 nts, we find that SLZ -- like many languages -- shows a version of the Su
 bject Advantage. However, it is surprisingly weak and defeasible. We find
  that the similarity of the two DPs, in animacy, is a principal determin
 ant of difficulty and of the ultimate interpretation. We take this as evid
 ence of encoding interference, a somewhat unexpected finding given the po
 sitional distinctness of the two nouns. We link the existence of encoding 
 interference, instead, to their interaction via reanalysis. The results 
 from SLZ will be compared to similar, recent findings in Hebrew, another
  language with optional object RPs; and to English, where the downstream
  effects of reanalysis indicate that encoding interference is often destru
 ctive, but appears to sometimes be constructive.   \n100 St. George St.,
  Toronto, ON M5S 3G3 \n\nCategories \n Guest Speaker \n\nAudiences \n Alu
 mni and FriendsCommunityFacultyGraduate Students
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LOCATION:100 St. George St., Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
SUMMARY:Matt Wagers - (Re-)encoding interference
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 ding-interference
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