ERIC Number: EJ1217782
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jul
Pages: 18
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Prominence-Sensitive Pronoun Resolution: New Evidence from the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff Procedure
Kush, Dave; Johns, Clinton L.; Van Dyke, Julie A.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v45 n7 p1234-1251 Jul 2019
Past studies have shown that antecedent prominence affects the processing of a pronoun, but these studies have used experimental methodologies that do not make it possible to determine at what stage(s) of pronominal resolution these effects occur. We used the speed-accuracy tradeoff procedure to investigate whether antecedent prominence affects the accuracy of antecedent retrieval, the speed of resolution, or both. Consistent with previous results, we find that accuracy is higher when antecedents are prominent than when they are not (cf. Foraker & McElree, 2007). However, in contrast to previous results, we also find that prominence impacts the speed with which the pronominal dependency is resolved. We consider the implications of our findings for various models of pronoun resolution and offer suggestions for how to implement prominence-sensitive speed differences within a cue-based retrieval architecture.
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Accuracy, Language Processing, College Students, College Graduates, Sentences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
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Identifiers - Location: Connecticut (New Haven)
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01HD073288; NRSAHD080331
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