title: Argument structure frames: a lexical complexity metric?
abstract: The number of semantic argument structure frames associated with a verb has been reported to influence ease of processing during language comprehension. The present experiments tested the generality of the argument structure complexity effect with three dependent measures: eye-fixation times, naming latencies, and lexical decision latencies. Two eye-movement experiments and two experiments using cross-modal tasks failed to provide evidence supporting the argument structure complexity effect. The present experiments indicated that results reflecting verbs' argument structure complexity are not generalizable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Schmauder
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D011932:Reading; D012660:Semantics; D014163:Transfer, Psychology; D014706:Verbal Learning