Date of Award
1996
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Hock, Howard S.
Abstract
The aim of this project was to clarify the findings of Shapiro and Levine (1990) by exploring post-verb argument structure complexity effects. Three verb types, transitives, datives and obligatory three-place, were probed at four positions during an on-line sentence processing task that utilized cross-modal naming as the secondary task in a reaction time paradigm. No significant verb x probe interaction was found at any probe position with any of the three verb types. Two possible explanations are given for this pattern of results: (1) the choice of cross-modal naming as the secondary task; and, (2) the high variability of reaction times among subjects.
Extent
55 p.
Recommended Citation
Brookins, Bari Lynn, "Verb complexity effects: Thematic role assignment" (1996). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 1038.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/1038
Identifier
FADT15295
Comments
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1996.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science