Search strategies in syntactic reanalysis

We first consider the nature of syntactic reanalysis paying particular atte ntion to questions about whether and how it differs from the construction o f an initial analysis, such as whether it is encapsulated or whether altern atives are considered in parallel or not. We then outline different strateg ics that the processor may use in reanalysis and review the relevant eviden ce. We show that our experimental evidence is compatible with an encapsulat ed serial search strategy.