On the interplay of object animacy and verb type during sentence comprehension in German: ERP evidence from the processing of transitive dative and accusative constructions

‘Kathrin claims that bandits frequently rob stage coaches, and Max claims that too.’

‘Samira claims that bandits frequently rob postmen, and Emma claims that, too.’

‘Daniel claims that bandits frequently waylay stage coaches, and Dominik claims that, too.’

‘Tommi claims that bandits frequently waylay postmen, and Susanne claims that, too.’

‘Peter claims that students enthusiastically praise lectures, and Ida claims that, too.’

‘Sven claims that students enthusiastically praise professors, and Andreas claims that, too.’

‘Mia claims that students enthusiastically applaud lectures, and Jan claims that, too.’

‘Jan claims that students enthusiastically applaud professors, and Tim claims that, too.’

‘Leo thinks that directors quickly understand strategies and Bernd thinks so, too.’

‘Lydia thinks that directors quickly understand secretaries and Jan thinks so, too.’

‘Jakob thinks that directors quickly agree with strategies, and Hannah thinks so, too.’

‘Sabrina thinks that directors quickly agree with secretaries and Simone thinks so, too.’

‘Kerstin believes that singers calmly bear hostilities, and Miriam believes it, too.’

‘Kilian believes that singers calmly bear conductors, and Anna believes that, too.’

‘Mirka believes that singers calmly resist hostilities, and Johanna believes that, too.’

‘Paul believes that singers calmly resist conductors, and Alex believes that, too.’

‘Kati tells that allergic people frequently curse cigarettes, and Mari tells the same.’

‘Rita tells that allergic people frequently curse cats, and Fred tells the same.’

‘Egon tells that allergic people often swear off cigarettes, and Simon tells the same.’

‘Henk tells that allergic people often swear off cats, and Nele tells the same.’

‘Tim believes that doves rather like balloons, and Tom believes that, too.’

‘Julian believes that doves rather like crows, and Horst believes that, too.’

‘Gabi believes that doves like following balloons, and Else believes that, too.’

‘Tim believes that doves like following crows, and Tom believes that, too.’

‘Suse claims that judges frequently reject alibis, and Freddie claims that, too.’

‘Manuela claims that judges frequently reject witnesses, and Torsten claims that, too.’

‘Frieke claims that judges frequently distrust alibis, and Anna claims that, too.’

‘Nadja claims that judges frequently distrust witnesses, and Linus claims that, too.’

‘Marion says that secretaries dislike reporting companies [to the police], and Karla says so, too.’

‘Henning says that secretaries dislike reporting colleagues [to the police], and Hannes says so, too.’

‘Ute says that secretaries dislike doing damage to companies, and Elke says the same.’

‘Udo says that secretaries dislike doing damage to colleagues, and Simone says so, too.’

‘Teresa tells that girls enthusiastically stare at carnival floats, and Roland tells the same.’

‘Peter tells that girls enthusiastically stare at carnival princes, and Lisa tells the same.’

‘Hannes tells that girls enthusiastically hail carnival floats, and Malte tells the same.’

‘Antje tells that girls enthusiastically hail carnival princes, and Mareike tells the same.’

‘Nina says that girls stare at cars for a long time, and Hans says so, too.’

‘Florian says that girls stare at boys for a long time, and Felix says so, too.’

‘Antje says that girls stare after cars for a long time, and Kerstin says so, too.’

‘Sabine says that girls stare after boys for a long time, and Anne says so, too.’

‘Kathrin tells that crows suspiciously watch balloons, and Maja tells that, too.’

‘Anja tells that crows suspiciously watch owls, and Thomas tells that, too.’

‘Vera tells that crows suspicously look after balloons [that move away] and Peter tells that, too.’

‘Ute tells that crows suspiciously look after owls [that move away] and Elke tells that, too.’

‘Florian supposes that doctors insistently defend heterodoxies, and Petra supposes so to.’

‘Ana supposes that doctors insistently defend nurses, and Max supposes so too.’

‘Gabi supposes that doctors emphatically contradict heterodoxies, and Andrea supposes so, too.’

‘Rudi supposes that doctors emphatically contradict nurses, and Pia supposes so, too.’

‘Norbert hopes that politicians reject of bribes as a matter of principle, and Karin hopes so, too.’

‘Toni hopes that politicians reject building tycoons as a matter of principle, and Michael hopes so, too.’

‘Vroni hopes that politicians resist bribes without difficulty and Karin hopes so, too.’

‘Emanuel hopes that politicians resist building tycoons without difficulty and Saskia hopes so, too.’

‘Nicole thinks that pupils rarely forget inconveniences, and Daniel thinks so, too.’

‘Michael thinks that pupils rarely forget teachers, and Claudia thinks so, too.’

‘Jessica thinks that pupils rarely encounter inconveniences, and Dominik thinks so, too.’

‘Marina thinks that pupils rarely encounter teachers, and Wolfgang thinks so,too.’

‘Matthias hopes that patients rarely mock [doctor’s] orders, and Tina hopes so, too.’

‘Julia hopes that patients rarely mock doctors, and Karsten hopes so, too.’

‘Robert hopes that patients rarely act against [doctor’s] orders, and Nele hopes so, too.’

‘Benno hopes that patients rarely act against doctors, and Sina hopes so, too.’

‘Karsten sees that cyclists deftly avoid construction sites, and Martin sees it, too.’

‘Toni sees that cyclists deftly avoid policemen, and Suse sees it, too.’

‘Otto sees that cyclists deftly dodge construction sites, and Rainer sees it, too.’

‘Michael sees that cyclists deftly dodge policemen, and Andreas sees it, too.’

’Robert hopes that parents attentively listen to complaints, and Max hopes so,too.’

‘Lena hopes that parents attentively listen to teachers, and Miriam hopes so, too.’

‘Björn hopes that parents attentively listen to complaints, and Anna hopes so, too.’

‘Hannes hopes that parents attentively listen to teachers, and Katja hopes so, too.’

‘Nora tells that boys curiously stare at cars and Gabi tells the same.’

‘Dirk tells that boys curiously stare at girls, and Nicole tells the same.’

‘Nadine tells that boys curiously run after cars, and Jessica tells the same.’

‘Dieter tells that boys curiously run after girls, and Andreas tells the same.’

‘Thomas tells that cats rarely accept zoos and Matti tells the same.’

‘Roland tells that cats rarely accept (female) owners, and Sabine tells the same.’

‘Willi tells that cats rarely run away from zoos, and Artur tells the same.’

‘Nicole tells that cats rarely run away from (female) owners, and Jens tells the same.’

‘Jana says that pupils like accepting invitations, and Mirko says so, too.’

‘Matthias says that pupils like accepting teachers, and Felix says so, too.’

‘Peter says that pupils like to accomodate to invitations and Stefan says so, too.’

‘Karl says that pupils gladly accommodate to teachers, and Lars says so, too.’

‘Merle claims that orphans never fear special schools, and Wiebke claims the same.’

‘Heidi claims that orphans never fear custodians, and Greta claims the same.’

‘Jutta claims that orphans never escape special schools, and Roland claims the same.’

‘Robert claims that orphans never escape custodians, and Antje claims the same.’

‘Tina laments that journalists regularly spoof [political] parties, and Petra laments it, too.’

‘Hannes laments that journalists regularly spoof colleagues, and Volker laments it, too.’

‘Wolfgang laments that journalists regularly scoop [political] parties, and Claudia laments it, too.’

‘Britta laments that journalists regularly scoop colleagues, and Inge laments it, too.’

‘Jonna hopes that consultants committedly support [political] parties, and Nils hopes so, too.’

‘Ingo hopes that consultants committedly support candidates, and Michael hopes so, too.’

‘Britta hopes that consultants committedly serve [political] parties, and Jannis hopes so, too.’

‘Joachim hopes that consultants committedly serve candidates, and Marion hopes so, too.’

‘Lily says that patients are reluctant to disobey instructions, and Emma says so, too.’

‘Helene says that patients are reluctant to disobey doctors, and Simon says so, too.’

‘Janne says that patients are reluctant to obey instructions, and Ingo says so, too.’

‘Silke says that patients are reluctant to obey doctors, and Wolfgang says so, too.’

‘Vera believes that football fans impatiently yearn for sports programmes, and Kai believes so, too.’

‘Ingo believes that football fans impatiently yearn for referees, and Dan believes so, too.’

‘Nadia believes that football fans impatiently look forward to sports programmes, and Mara believes so, too.’

‘Leo believes that football fans impatiently look forward to referees, and Niki believes so, too.’

‘Markus thinks that humans kind of like machines, and Nina thinks so, too.’

‘Roland thinks that humans kind of like monkeys and Martin thinks so, too.’

‘Silke thinks that humans somehow resemble machines, and Astrid thinks so, too.’

‘Bert thinks that humans somehow resemble monkeys, and Ingo thinks so, too.’

‘Florian says that protesters observe police vans for hours, and Julia says so, too.’

‘Felix says that protesters observe policewomen for hours, and Lisa says so, too.’

‘Lukas says that protesters face policevans for hours, and Tanja says so, too.’

‘Tim says that protesters face policewomen for hours, and Björn says so, too.’

‘Melli criticizes that parents hesitantly recognize accusations, and Basti criticizes that, too.’

‘Christian criticizes that parents hesitantly recognize teachers, and Birte criticizes that, too.’

‘Anne criticizes that parents hesitantly assent to accusations, and Flo criticizes that, too.’

‘Andi criticizes that parents hesitantly assent to teachers, and Robert criticizes that, too.’

‘Pia hopes that doctors specifically recommend insurance companies, and Pia hopes that, too.’

‘Pia hopes that doctors specifically recommend nurses, and Pia hopes that, too.’

‘Pia hopes that doctors specifically recommend nurses, and Pia hopes that, too.’

‘Mia hopes that doctors especially trust nurses, and Ali hopes that, too.’

‘Paula believes that journalists simply ignore threats, and Daniel believes that, too.’

‘Felix believes that journalists simply ignore competitors, and Dora believes that, too.’

‘Hermann believes that journalists simply give in to threats, and Inge believes that, too.’

‘Ingo believes that journalists simply give in to competitors, and Sabine believes that, too.’

‘Tom suspects that politicians secretly spy on developments, and Tiom suspects that, too.’

‘Paula suspects that politicians secretly spy on colleagues, and Dan suspects that, too.’

‘Horst suspects that politicians secretly help along developments, and Karin suspects that, too.’

‘Marion suspects that politicians secretly help along colleagues, and Vera suspects that, too.’

‘Horst believes that rockstars thoroughly despise cults, and Schorsch believes the same.’

‘Dieter believes that rockstars thoroughly despise gurus, and Sabrina believes the same.’

‘Petra believes that rockstars thoroughly fall for cults, and Heidi believes the same.’

‘Maria believes that rockstars thoroughly fall for gurus, and Hans believes the same.’