Figure 1.
Overview of the epochs in the experiment in relation to the incremental processing: Epoch 1: Activation of SNP constraint; Epoch 2: Modification of SNP constraint based on the Verb; and Epoch 3: Evaluation of SNP + V constraint on CNs. The epochs were each defined relative to an alignment point (AP) such that Epoch 1 is aligned to the SN onset, Epoch 2 is aligned to the verb onset, and Epoch 3 is aligned to the CN onset. Each epoch lasted for 600 ms which included the average duration of each content word plus 1 SD. UP = the uniqueness point of a word (the earliest point in time when the word can be fully recognized after removing all of its phonological competitors).