?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+failure+to+use+gender+information+in+parsing%3A+A+comment+on+van+Berkum%2C+Brown%2C+and+Hagoort+(1999)&rft.creator=Brysbaert%2C+M.&rft.creator=Mitchell%2C+D.C.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=We+critically+review+the+empirical+evidence+published+by+van+Berkum%2C+Brown+and+Hagoort+(1999a%2C+1999b)+against+syntax-first+models+of+sentence+parsing.+According+to+van+Berkum+et+al.%2C+discourse+factors+and+word+gender+information+are+used+instantaneously+to+guide+the+parser.+First%2C+we+note+that+the+density+of+the+experimental+trials+(relative+to+fillers)+and+the+slow+presentation+rate+of+the+van+Berkum+et+al.+design+seem+likely+to+have+elicited+the+use+of+tactics+involving+rapid+re-analysis+of+the+material.+Second%2C+we+present+new+data+from+a+questionnaire+study+showing+that+the+grammatical+gender+information+of+a+relative+pronoun+in+Dutch+is+often+completely+ignored%2C+even+during+the+wrap-up+at+the+end+of+the+sentence.+&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3445%2F1%2FBrysbaert_%2526_Mitchell%252C_JPR_2000.pdf&rft.identifier=++Brysbaert%2C+M.+and+Mitchell%2C+D.C.++(2000)+The+failure+to+use+gender+information+in+parsing%3A+A+comment+on+van+Berkum%2C+Brown%2C+and+Hagoort+(1999).++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3445%2F