袋ふくろ小こう路じ文ぶん

noun

garden-path sentence; easily misunderstood sentence

Linguistic term for a sentence that leads the reader to an initial misinterpretation, requiring reanalysis. The literal gloss 'cul-de-sac sentence' is a direct translation of the Japanese term but is not standard in English linguistics.

• 「警けい官かんが追おっていた泥どろ棒ぼうは逃にげた」は袋ふくろ小こう路じ文ぶんの一いち例れいだ。

  "The police officer chased the thief ran away" is an example of a garden-path sentence.

• 袋ふくろ小こう路じ文ぶんは、読よみ手てが文ぶんの構こう造ぞうを途と中ちゅうで誤あやまって解かい釈しゃくしてしまう文ぶんのことだ。

  A garden-path sentence is one where the reader misinterprets the structure partway through.