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. 2019 Dec 3;7:e8181. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8181

Table 2. Sample sentences used in Experiment 1.

Sentence type Experimental sentence
SRC
(more complex)

  1. Zhuigan nanhai de mama nazhe yusan

  2. Chase boy de mother hold-asp umbrella

  3. The mother who chases the boy is holding an umbrella
ORC
(less complex)

  1. Nanhai zhuigan de mama nazhe yusan

  2. Boy chase de mother hold-asp umbrella

  3. The mother whom the boy chases is holding an umbrella

Note:

SRC, subject relative clause; ORC, object relative clause; (a) experimental sentence; (b) transliteration; (c) English equivalence.