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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Cult Cogn Sci. 2019 Jul 11;3(2):217–234. doi: 10.1007/s41809-019-00024-6

Table 1.

Overview of picture displays presented for each word order in each condition varying the level of ambiguity

Level of
Ambiguity
Word order
Adjective-Noun
(SEE YELLOW WHAT? FLOWER)
Noun-Adjective
(SEE FLOWER WHICH? YELLOW)
SIGN1 ambiguity target adjective competitor two unrelated competitors target noun competitor two unrelated competitors
SIGN2 ambiguity target noun competitor two unrelated competitors target adjective competitor two unrelated competitors
SIGN1 + SIGN2 ambiguity target adjective competitor noun competitor one unrelated competitor target noun competitor adjective competitor one unrelated competitor
No ambiguity target three unrelated competitors target three unrelated competitors