Table 1. Sample set of materials from the electrophysiological experiment on Hindi (with masculine gender A arguments; for feminine gender examples, see S1 Table).
Condition | Examples | Mean accuracy | |||
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AI | kitāb | beca-tā | hai | Gopāl | 94 (5) |
book(F)[NOM] | sell-I.M | AUX | Gopal(M)[NOM] | ||
‘Gopal sells a book.’ | |||||
UI | kitāb-ko | beca-tā | hai | Gopāl | 92 (7) |
book(F)-ACC | sell-I.M | AUX | Gopal(M)[NOM] | ||
‘Gopal sells the book.’ | |||||
AP | kitāb | bec-ī | hai | Gopāl-ne | 95 (4) |
book(F)[NOM] | sell-P.F | AUX | Gopal(M)-ERG | ||
‘Gopal has sold a book.’ | |||||
UP | kitāb-ko | bec-ā | hai | Gopāl-ne | 94 (6) |
book(F)-ACC | sell-P.M | AUX | Gopal(M)-ERG | ||
‘Gopal has sold the book.’ |
Mean accuracy reports the accuracy for comprehension questions in %, with standard deviations by participants in brackets. Condition codes: A, ambiguous; U, unambiguous; I, imperfective aspect (not triggering ergative marking); P, perfective (triggering ergative marking). Glosses: AUX, auxiliary; ACC, accusative; ERG, ergative; F, feminine; M, masculine; NOM, nominative.