TY  - GEN
A1  - Felser, Claudia
A1  - Cunnings, Ian
A1  - Batterham, Claire
A1  - Clahsen, Harald
T1  - The timing of island effects in nonnative sentence processing
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Using the eye-movement monitoring technique in two reading comprehension experiments, this study investigated the timing of constraints on wh-dependencies (so-called island constraints) in first- and second-language (L1 and L2) sentence processing. The results show that both L1 and L2 speakers of English are sensitive to extraction islands during processing, suggesting that memory storage limitations affect L1 and L2 comprehenders in essentially the same way. Furthermore, these results show that the timing of island effects in L1 compared to L2 sentence comprehension is affected differently by the type of cue (semantic fit versus filled gaps) signaling whether dependency formation is possible at a potential gap site. Even though L1 English speakers showed immediate sensitivity to filled gaps but not to lack of semantic fit, proficient German-speaking learners of English as a L2 showed the opposite sensitivity pattern. This indicates that initial wh-dependency formation in L2 processing is based on semantic feature matching rather than being structurally mediated as in L1 comprehension.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 526 
KW  - trace positions
KW  - empty categories
KW  - garden-paths
KW  - 2nd-language
KW  - grammar
KW  - dependencies
KW  - plausibility
KW  - constraints
KW  - english
KW  - comprehension
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-415179
SN  - 1866-8364
EP  - 526
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Ostrowski, Max
A1  - Schaub, Torsten H.
T1  - ASP modulo CSP
BT  - the clingcon system
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - We present the hybrid ASP solver clingcon, combining the simple modeling language and the high performance Boolean solving capacities of Answer Set Programming (ASP) with techniques for using non-Boolean constraints from the area of Constraint Programming (CP). The new clingcon system features an extended syntax supporting global constraints and optimize statements for constraint variables. The major technical innovation improves the interaction between ASP and CP solver through elaborated learning techniques based on irreducible inconsistent sets. A broad empirical evaluation shows that these techniques yield a performance improvement of an order of magnitude.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 579 
KW  - answer set
KW  - constraints
KW  - logic
KW  - SMT
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-413908
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 579
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Höhle, Barbara
A1  - Hörnig, Robin
A1  - Weskott, Thomas
A1  - Knauf, Selene
A1  - Krüger, Agnes
T1  - Effects of focus and definiteness on children's word order
BT  - evidence from German five-year-olds' reproductions of double object constructions
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Two experiments tested how faithfully German children aged 4; 5 to 5; 6 reproduce ditransitive sentences that are unmarked or marked with respect to word order and focus (Exp1) or definiteness (Exp2). Adopting an optimality theory (OT) approach, it is assumed that in the German adult grammar word order is ranked lower than focus and definiteness. Faithfulness of children's reproductions decreased as markedness of inputs increased; unmarked structures were reproduced most faithfully and unfaithful outputs had most often an unmarked form. Consistent with the OT proposal, children were more tolerant against inputs marked for word order than for focus; in conflict with the proposal, children were less tolerant against inputs marked for word order than for definiteness. Our results suggest that the linearization of objects in German double object constructions is affected by focus and definiteness, but that prosodic principles may have an impact on the position of a focused constituent.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 511 
KW  - indefinite articles
KW  - preschool-children
KW  - information
KW  - animacy
KW  - acquisition
KW  - constraints
KW  - sentences
KW  - language
KW  - grammar
KW  - stress
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-415695
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 511
ER  -