Inference-based form selection in native and non-native speakers: Evidence from subject-verb agreement error detection in French

• Published in: Lingua Vol. 270; p. 103216
• Main Authors: Frimu, Rodica, Dekydtspotter, Laurent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.04.2022; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Agreement error; Feature structure; French as a second language learning; Grammatical agreement; Grammatical number; Grammaticality; Inference; Judgment; Meaning vs. form; Morphology; Person; Subset access; Tense; Verbs; Meaning vs. form; Feature structure; Agreement error; Subset access

•Selecting specified over underspecified forms requires real-time inferences.•Real-time inferences flesh out underspecified contents.•Inferences in computing sentence meaning and form selection compete for resources.•The competition for resources is in evidence when processing capacity is reduced.•C...