The recovery of thematic role structure during noun-noun interpretation

We examined how people use their knowledge of events to recover thematic role structure during the interpretation of noun-noun phrases. All phrases included one noun that was a good-agent/ poor-patient (prosecutor) in a particular event (accuse), and the other noun was a good-patient/poor-agent (def...

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Published in:Psychonomic bulletin & review 2006-06, Vol.13 (3), p.423-428
Main Authors: FERRETTI, Todd R, GAGNE, Christina L
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Semantics
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