The influence of morphological information on cataphoric pronoun assignment

TY - JOUR

T1 - The influence of morphological information on cataphoric pronoun assignment

AU - van-Gompel, Roger P. G.

AU - Liversedge, Simon P.

N1 - dc.publisher: American Psychological Association dc.description.sponsorship: Erasmus award held at the University of Nottingham Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

PY - 2003/1

Y1 - 2003/1

N2 - In 3 eye-tracking experiments, the authors investigated the use of morphological information during pronoun resolution. Experiments 1 and 2 showed that disruption occurred when a preferred assignment was inconsistent with gender information. Experiment 2 ensured that this difficulty was not due to the introduction of a new discourse entity. Experiment 3 showed that disruption also occurred when number information was inconsistent with the preferred assignment. The results indicate that the use of morphological information is delayed until after the computation of coreference relations.

AB - In 3 eye-tracking experiments, the authors investigated the use of morphological information during pronoun resolution. Experiments 1 and 2 showed that disruption occurred when a preferred assignment was inconsistent with gender information. Experiment 2 ensured that this difficulty was not due to the introduction of a new discourse entity. Experiment 3 showed that disruption also occurred when number information was inconsistent with the preferred assignment. The results indicate that the use of morphological information is delayed until after the computation of coreference relations.

U2 - 10.1037/0278-7393.29.1.128

DO - 10.1037/0278-7393.29.1.128

M3 - Article

SN - 0278-7393

VL - 29

SP - 128

EP - 139

JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

IS - 1

ER -