Which TWO of the following statements are true of parsing? 1.Psycholinguistics has been especially concerned with how people parse sentences- that is, how they break them down into their correct phonological structures. 2.Parsing has to be done because otherwise, it would be impossible to interpret a sentence to all. 3.The difficulty in understanding some sentences can be ascribed to an initial misinterpretation ; this is called a 'country walk'. 4.Misparsing a sentence can result in failure in comprehension at all levels.
Correct answer: C. 2 & 4
- A. 1 & 2
- B. 1 & 3
- C. 2 & 4
- D. 3 & 4
Explanation
Parsing is the process of assigning grammatical structure and meaning to a sentence, making statement 2 true; statement 4 is also true because an incorrect analysis can disrupt comprehension. Statement 1 wrongly refers to phonological structures, and the standard term in statement 3 is “garden-path,” not “country walk.”
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