10. (A)Symmetries in Tagalog Relative Clause Processing
Jed Sam Pizarro-Guevara, MATTHEW W. WAGERS · Scholarship@Western (Western University) · 2021
We report the results of a picture-selection experiment in Tagalog that examined (i) whether the object relative clauses (ORCs) were more difficult to process than subject relative clauses (SRCs) and (ii) if so, whether the relative order of the head noun and the RC modulated this asymmetry.We found that ORCs were more difficult to process than SRCs when the RC was head-initial.This asymmetry was neutralized, however, when the RC was head-final.Even though the participants' selection ultimately showed neutralization, we found evidence for an asymmetry in how quickly they offered correct responses.