Table 1.
Sample stimuli, including the conditions examining person agreement with first-person and third-person subjects (grammatical, ungrammatical).
Condition | |||
---|---|---|---|
1st-person marked subject | 3rd-person unmarked subject | ||
(1) |
Marked-subject grammatical (N=20) A | volte | io | viaggio | in | treno. Sometimes I-1st-person travel-1st-person by train. |
(3) |
Unmarked-subject grammatical (N=20) La | ragazza | prepara | la | torta | al | cioccolato. The girl-3rd-person bakes-3rd-person the chocolate cake. |
(2) |
Marked-subject ungrammatical (N=20) A | volte | io | *viaggia | in | treno. Sometimes I-1st-person *travels-3rd-person by train. |
(4) |
Unmarked-subject ungrammatical (N=20) La | ragazza | *preparo | la | torta | al | cioccolato. The girl-3rd-person *bake-1st-person the chocolate cake. |