{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2044179016","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14640748708401805","title":"Interpreting Elliptical Verb Phrases","display_name":"Interpreting Elliptical Verb Phrases","publication_year":1987,"publication_date":"1987-11-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2044179016","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14640748708401805","mag":"2044179016"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/14640748708401805","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14640748708401805","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14640748708401805","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210181449","display_name":"The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A","issn_l":"0272-4987","issn":["0272-4987","1464-0740"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Interpreting_elliptical_verb_phrases/23327666","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086136826","display_name":"Alan Garnham","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0058-403X","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0058-403X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162608824","display_name":"University of Sussex","ror":"https://ror.org/00ayhx656","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162608824"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alan Garnham","raw_affiliation_strings":["Centre for Research on Perception and Cognition, Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Centre for Research on Perception and Cognition, Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162608824"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5024919143","display_name":"Jane V. Oakhill","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8810-3714","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8810-3714"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162608824","display_name":"University of Sussex","ror":"https://ror.org/00ayhx656","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162608824"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jane Oakhill","raw_affiliation_strings":["MRC Perceptual and Cognitive Performance Unit, Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MRC Perceptual and Cognitive Performance Unit, Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162608824"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162608824"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":21.0722,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":41,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98967024,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"39","issue":"4","first_page":"611","last_page":"627"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10034","display_name":"Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation","score":0.6211000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1203","display_name":"Language and Linguistics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10034","display_name":"Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation","score":0.6211000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1203","display_name":"Language and Linguistics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10465","display_name":"Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism","score":0.29269999265670776,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2805","display_name":"Cognitive Neuroscience"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10103","display_name":"Reading and Literacy Development","score":0.05649999901652336,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ellipsis-resolution","display_name":"ellipsis resolution","score":0.6460000276565552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anaphora","display_name":"anaphora","score":0.8389999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reading-comprehension","display_name":"reading comprehension","score":0.5180000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/general-knowledge","display_name":"general knowledge","score":0.5720000267028809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/text-comprehensibility","display_name":"text comprehensibility","score":0.656000018119812}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776397901","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24905","display_name":"Verb","level":2,"score":0.7915953993797302},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.7456205487251282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21435835","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7920924","display_name":"Verb phrase ellipsis","level":4,"score":0.6605746746063232},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779514573","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1778442","display_name":"Verb phrase","level":4,"score":0.6201825141906738},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776224158","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q187931","display_name":"Phrase","level":2,"score":0.5993296504020691},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C527412718","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855395","display_name":"Interpretation (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.5902003645896912},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781256819","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16828835","display_name":"Antecedent (behavioral psychology)","level":2,"score":0.5165125727653503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60986609","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47016217","display_name":"Specifier","level":4,"score":0.43321675062179565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153962237","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1401131","display_name":"Noun phrase","level":3,"score":0.42497867345809937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132010649","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189222","display_name":"Intuition","level":2,"score":0.4205556809902191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.38783344626426697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.32628002762794495},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.3233473300933838},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.18000191450119019},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121934690","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1084","display_name":"Noun","level":2,"score":0.15646302700042725},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48314727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560570","display_name":"Modal verb","level":3,"score":0.1382981538772583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.07946255803108215},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/14640748708401805","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14640748708401805","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14640748708401805","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210181449","display_name":"The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A","issn_l":"0272-4987","issn":["0272-4987","1464-0740"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:figshare.com:article/23327666","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Interpreting_elliptical_verb_phrases/23327666","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196282","display_name":"Figshare","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210132348","host_organization_name":"Figshare (United Kingdom)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210132348"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Text"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:figshare.com:article/23327666","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Interpreting_elliptical_verb_phrases/23327666","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196282","display_name":"Figshare","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210132348","host_organization_name":"Figshare (United Kingdom)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210132348"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Text"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W651449142","https://openalex.org/W1014815591","https://openalex.org/W1823558885","https://openalex.org/W1882950191","https://openalex.org/W1948943853","https://openalex.org/W1965350973","https://openalex.org/W1975368731","https://openalex.org/W1998802536","https://openalex.org/W2003560163","https://openalex.org/W2015933299","https://openalex.org/W2023131846","https://openalex.org/W2033766627","https://openalex.org/W2048274973","https://openalex.org/W2052713744","https://openalex.org/W2063646338","https://openalex.org/W2093927936","https://openalex.org/W2161216929","https://openalex.org/W2912944677"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2265235062","https://openalex.org/W2420820","https://openalex.org/W7099120889","https://openalex.org/W2058552880","https://openalex.org/W7099718995","https://openalex.org/W2793070827","https://openalex.org/W1978876990","https://openalex.org/W3149507409","https://openalex.org/W2048274973","https://openalex.org/W2151535545"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Elliptical":[0],"verb":[1,55,89,118,129,159,180],"phrases":[2,56,160,181],"are":[3,25,63,165,182],"anaphoric":[4],"expressions":[5,200],"whose":[6],"correct":[7,102],"interpretation":[8,52,85],"depends":[9],"on":[10],"the":[11,15,69,100,124,127,140,148,176],"exact":[12],"form":[13],"of":[14,33,53,142],"preceding":[16],"text":[17,189],"as":[18,20],"well":[19],"its":[21,132],"meaning.":[22],"However,":[23],"people":[24,154],"not":[26,96,166],"very":[27],"good":[28],"at":[29,97],"remembering":[30],"surface":[31],"details":[32],"what":[34],"they":[35,42,164,173],"read":[36,77],"or":[37,94],"hear,":[38],"so":[39],"how":[40],"do":[41,170],"understand":[43],"such":[44,199],"expressions?":[45],"One":[46],"alternative":[47],"to":[48,58,110,116,156,169,184,191],"a":[49,83,106],"linguistically":[50,101],"based":[51],"elliptical":[54,88,117,128,158,179],"is":[57,186,190],"assign":[59,111],"them":[60],"meanings":[61,115],"that":[62,91,153,163,175,178],"plausible,":[64,112],"given":[65],"general":[66],"knowledge":[67],"about":[68],"situation":[70],"being":[71],"described.":[72],"In":[73],"an":[74,87],"experiment,":[75],"subjects":[76,109],"passages":[78],"in":[79],"which":[80],"context":[81],"provided":[82],"plausible":[84],"for":[86,108],"phrase":[90,130],"either":[92],"was":[93,95,105],"odds":[98],"with":[99,123,145,201],"interpretation.":[103],"There":[104],"tendency":[107,121],"but":[113,162],"incorrect,":[114],"phrases.":[119],"This":[120],"increased":[122,144],"distance":[125,146],"between":[126],"and":[131,139,195],"antecedent.":[133,149],"Incorrect":[134],"interpretations":[135],"were":[136],"assigned":[137],"slowly,":[138],"speed":[141],"assignment":[143],"from":[147],"These":[150],"results":[151],"suggest":[152],"try":[155],"interpret":[157,185],"correctly,":[161],"always":[167],"able":[168],"so.":[171],"Furthermore,":[172],"indicate":[174],"intuition":[177],"easy":[183],"misleading.":[187],"If":[188],"be":[192],"comprehensible,":[193],"speakers":[194],"writers":[196],"must":[197],"use":[198],"care.":[202]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-10T11:39:43.021295","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}