Resolving Conflicts Between Syntax and Plausibility in Sentence Comprehension.

Adv Cogn Psychol · 2017 · PMC5404470 · PMID 28458748

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hedged sentences

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closest p · 0.0× alpha

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highly significantp < .001actually significant

For each sentence form, the effect of consistency was highly significant, F (1, 96) = 1,818.62, p < .001, partial η 2 = .949 (for object-relatives), and F (1, 96) = 7,568.69, p < .001, partial η 2 = .987 (for subject-relatives).

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approached significancep = .057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

For inconsistent statements, the plausibility effect approached significance, F (1, 96) = 3.71, p = .057, partial η 2 = .037.

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