An ERP study of Japanese causative cleft constructions in context
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This study examined the processing of two types of Japanese causative cleft constructions (subject-gap vs. object-gap) by conducting an event-related brain potential (ERP) experiment to clarify the processing mechanism of long-distance dependencies. The results demonstrated that the subject-gap constructions elicited larger P600 effects compared with object-gap constructions. Based on these findings, we argue that the linear distance between the extracted argument (filler) and its original gap position is a crucial factor in determining the processing costs in Japanese causative cleft constructions.
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