The Syntactic Structure and Distance Effect on Sentence Processing in Turkish

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The Syntactic Structure and Distance Effect on Sentence Processing in Turkish

The Syntactic Structure and Distance Effect on Sentence Processing in Turkish

Authors : Selin Çalışkan, Alper Kumcu, İpek Pınar Uzun

Pages : 49-75

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Publication Date : 2025-12-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Previous research using the Visual World Paradigm (VWP) has shown that sentence processing is influenced by the visual environment in which sentences are presented. This study investigates online processing of syntactic complexity and linear distance in Turkish sentence processing through an eye-tracking experiment using the VWP. We examined how auditory-visual information interacts with syntactic complexity (nested vs. linear) and sentence distance (short vs. long). We hypothesized that auditory-visual information is sensitive to online processing of syntactic complexity in subject-relative clauses (SRCs), and the linear distance between pre- and postverbal positions is critical for incremental processing. Our findings showed that syntactic complexity affected gaze duration, whereas linear distance had a distinct effect.
Keywords : Sözdizimsel Karmaşıklık, Türkçe, Çizgisel Uzaklık, Görsel Dünya Paradigması, Göz Hareketleri

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