Table 3.
Results of Experiment 2. Mean reading times are presented with standard errors in parentheses.
Measure (in milliseconds) | Verb | Target NP | Postnoun region | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cleft-Coercion | began | the memo | about the new … | |
Cleft-Control | wrote | the memo | about the new … | |
Pseudocleft-Coercion | began | (was) | the memo | about the new … |
Pseudocleft-Control | wrote | (was) | the memo | about the new … |
Gaze duration | ||||
Cleft-Coercion | 245 (8) | 314 (10) | 422 (18) | |
Cleft-Control | 234 (7) | 306 (9) | 420 (14) | |
Pseudocleft-Coercion | 236 (7) | 303 (11) | 414 (16) | |
Pseudocleft-Control | 241 (7) | 306 (11) | 423 (14) | |
Regression-path duration | ||||
Cleft-Coercion | 298 (12) | 391 (16) | 626 (30) | |
Cleft-Control | 284 (9) | 342 (12) | 466 (19) | |
Pseudocleft-Coercion | 356 (16) | 489 (26) | 584 (23) | |
Pseudocleft-Control | 336 (17) | 451 (19) | 534 (20) | |
Second-pass duration | ||||
Cleft-Coercion | 218 (20) | 220 (19) | 164 (20) | |
Cleft-Control | 132 (14) | 124 (14) | 147 (16) | |
Pseudocleft-Coercion | 285 (21) | 207 (19) | 160 (19) | |
Pseudocleft-Control | 176 (12) | 166 (18) | 143 (15) | |
Total time | ||||
Cleft-Coercion | 484 (23) | 569 (26) | 676 (34) | |
Cleft-Control | 376 (17) | 458 (23) | 601 (23) | |
Pseudocleft-Coercion | 574 (26) | 584 (30) | 662 (32) | |
Pseudocleft-Control | 455 (18) | 543 (26) | 638 (26) |
Note. NP = noun phrase.