In Their 1998 Study, John Trueswell and Al Kim (1998)

question 45

Multiple Choice

In their 1998 study, John Trueswell and Al Kim (1998) found that they could steer readers toward one or another interpretation of a garden path sentence by subliminally presenting an unrelated verb that was biased toward either a direct object or a sentential complement frame. This shows

• A) that inhibiting the activation of phonetic neighbors helps disambiguate a garden path sentence.
• B) that readers must consciously select the right verb frame in disambiguating garden path sentences.
• C) the importance of discourse context in disambiguating garden path sentences.
• D) that it is possible to use a word to prime similar verb frames as well as similar meanings.

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Definitions:

Stabilizing Selection

A type of natural selection that favors intermediate variants by acting against extreme phenotypes, leading to a decrease in a population's genetic variance.

Clutch Size

The number of eggs laid or offspring produced by an animal, particularly birds, at one time or during one breeding session.

Directional Selection

is a type of natural selection that favors one extreme phenotype over others, causing a shift in allele frequency over time.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that results in random changes in the frequency of alleles within a population over time.