{"title":"The relativized minimality approach to comprehension of German relative clauses in aphasia","authors":"Adelt, Anne","doi":"10.25932/publishup-62331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-62331","url":null,"abstract":"It is a well-attested finding in head-initial languages that individuals with aphasia (IWA) have greater difficulties in comprehending object-extracted relative clauses (ORCs) as compared to subject-extracted relative clauses (SRCs). Adopting the linguistically based approach of Relativized Minimality (RM; Rizzi, 1990, 2004), the subject-object asymmetry is attributed to the occurrence of a Minimality effect in ORCs due to reduced processing capacities in IWA (Garraffa & Grillo, 2008; Grillo, 2008, 2009). For ORCs, it is claimed that the embedded subject intervenes in the syntactic dependency between the moved object and its trace, resulting in greater processing demands. In contrast, no such intervener is present in SRCs. Based on the theoretical framework of RM and findings from language acquisition (Belletti et al., 2012; Friedmann et al., 2009), it is assumed that Minimality effects are alleviated when the moved object and the intervening subject differ in terms of relevant syntactic features. For German, the language under investigation, the RM approach predicts that number (i.e., singular vs. plural) and the lexical restriction [+NP] feature (i.e., lexically restricted determiner phrases vs. lexically unrestricted pronouns) are considered relevant in the computation of Minimality. Greater degrees of featural distinctiveness are predicted to result in more facilitated processing of ORCs, because IWA can more easily distinguish between the moved object and the intervener. This cumulative dissertation aims to provide empirical evidence on the validity of the RM approach in accounting for comprehension patterns during relative clause (RC) processing in German-speaking IWA. For that purpose, I conducted two studies including visual-world eye-tracking experiments embedded within an auditory referent-identification task to study the offline and online processing of German RCs. More specifically, target sentences were created to evaluate (a) whether IWA demonstrate a subject-object asymmetry, (b) whether dissimilarity in the number and/or the [+NP] features facilitates ORC processing, and (c) whether sentence processing in IWA benefits from greater degrees of featural distinctiveness. Furthermore, by comparing RCs disambiguated through case marking (at the relative pronoun or the following noun phrase) and number marking (inflection of the sentence-final verb), it was possible to consider the role of the relative position of the disambiguation point. The RM approach predicts that dissimilarity in case should not affect the occurrence of Minimality effects. However, the case cue to sentence interpretation appears earlier within RCs than the number cue, which may result in lower processing costs in case-disambiguated RCs compared to number-disambiguated RCs. In study I, target sentences varied with respect to word order (SRC vs. ORC) and dissimilarity in the [+NP] feature (lexically restricted determiner phrase vs. pronouns as embedded element). ","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/62331/adelt_diss.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147880665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Literaturhinweise","authors":"Andreas Daum","doi":"10.17104/9783406734366-122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17104/9783406734366-122","url":null,"abstract":"ermittelt bzw. angepasst und vom Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales im Gemeinsamen Ministerialblatt bekannt gemacht. Diese ASR A2.1 konkretisiert im Rahmen des ihres Anwendungsbereiches die Anforderungen der Verordnung über Arbeitsstätten. Bei Einhaltung der dieser Technischen Regeln kann der Arbeitgeber insoweit davon ausgehen, dass die entsprechenden Anforderungen der Verordnung erfüllt sind. Wählt der Arbeitgeber eine andere Lösung, muss er damit mindestens die gleiche Sicherheit und den gleichen Schutz der Gesundheit Gesundheitsschutz für die Beschäftigten erreichen.","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76019595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alexander von Humboldt: Multiperspective Approaches","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/978-3-030-94008-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94008-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89035846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Zeittafel","authors":"Andreas Daum","doi":"10.17104/9783406734366-119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17104/9783406734366-119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87959269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"VII. Zwischen Kosmos und Fragmenten: Die letzten Jahre, 1840–1859","authors":"Andreas Daum","doi":"10.17104/9783406734366-104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17104/9783406734366-104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"152 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88123074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Die Faszination Humboldts","authors":"Andreas Daum","doi":"10.17104/9783406734366-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17104/9783406734366-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77991507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Verzeichnis der Abbildungen und Karten","authors":"Andreas Daum","doi":"10.17104/9783406734366-125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17104/9783406734366-125","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84393654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"III. Das Zusammenwirken der Kräfte: Auf dem Weg zu Humboldts Wissenschaft","authors":"Andreas Daum","doi":"10.17104/9783406734366-40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17104/9783406734366-40","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72517627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I. Den Verstand üben: Von der Kindheit zum Studium, 1769–1792","authors":"Andreas Daum","doi":"10.17104/9783406734366-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17104/9783406734366-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79511648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"II. In ständiger Bewegung: Praktiken und Ideen, 1792–1799","authors":"Andreas Daum","doi":"10.17104/9783406734366-22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17104/9783406734366-22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29984,"journal":{"name":"HiN Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Internationale Zeitschrift fur HumboldtStudien","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81170972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}