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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mem Lang. 2009 Nov 1;61(4):503–518. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.07.005

Table 3.

First and Second line regions for conditional and quantified items

first line

Regions Start subject Pronoun verb1 numeral object1 modifier
conditional items
sentence (se) Gianni parcheggia due macchine in garage
in the
Gloss (if) John parks two cars garage

quantified items
nel mio quartiere
sentence ogni ragazza (che) ha due fratelli più grandi
in my
neighboorhood
Gloss every girl (who) has two brothers older

second line

Regions And negation verb2 determiner ordinal object2 spillover

conditional items
nel cortile
sentence (e) (non) parcheggia una terza/- macchina/motocicletta esterno
in the
Gloss (and) (not) parks a third/- car/motorcycle courtyard

quantified items
di età
sentence (e) (non) desidera un terzo/- fratello/sorella inferiore
Gloss (and) (not) whishes a third/- brother/sister younger