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. 2005 May 31;26(3):178–190. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20154

Table I.

Critical sentence conditions

Condition Example
N‐SO Dann | hat | der Lehrer | dem Gärtner | den Spaten | gegeben.
then has [the teacher]SUBJ [the gardener]IOBJ [the spade]DOBJ given
“Then the teacher gave the spade to the gardener.”
P‐SO Dann | hat | er | dem Gärtner | den Spaten | gegeben.
then has heSUBJ [the gardener]IOBJ [the spade]DOBJ given
“Then he gave the spade to the gardener.”
N‐OS Dann | hat | dem Gärtner | der Lehrer | den Spaten | gegeben.
then has [the gardener]IOBJ [the teacher]SUBJ [the spade]DOBJ given
“Then the teacher gave the spade to the gardener.”
P‐OS Dann | hat | ihm | der Lehrer | den Spaten | gegeben.
then has himIOBJ [the teacher]SUBJ [the spade]DOBJ given
“Then the teacher gave him the spade.”
COMB Dann | hat | ihm | den Spaten | der Lehrer | gegeben.
then has himIOBJ [the spade]DOBJ [the teacher]SUBJ given
“Then the teacher gave him the spade.”

Stimulus segmentation is indicated by the vertical bars.

N, non‐pronominal noun phrase; SO, subject‐before‐object (non‐permuted); P, pronoun; OS, object‐before‐subject (permuted); COMB, combined condition, involving the permutation of both a pronoun and a non‐pronominal argument; SUBJ, subject; DOBJ, direct object; IOBJ, indirect object.