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. 2012 Dec 11;3:523. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00523

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Copyright © 2012 Meyer, Obleser, Kiebel and Friederici.

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Overview of stimulus sentences; upper panel shows subject-first argument orders in the short (A) and long (B) distance argument–verb distance variants, lower panel shows object-first argument orders in the short (C) and long (D) argument–verb distance variants; individual glosses are provided below each example. The subject of each sentence is marked in bold blue, each sentence’s object is marked in bold red, the subcategorizing verb is marked in bold black font. All sentences translate to After a season in the German soccer league, the coach honored the striker.