Linguistic constructions that lead readers or listeners down an incorrect grammatical interpretation path, requiring reanalysis and demonstrating parsing processes in language comprehension.
Example: "The horse raced past the barn fell" initially seeming ungrammatical until readers realize "raced past the barn" modifies "horse" and "fell" is the main verb.
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