Semantic relations cause interference in spoken language comprehension when using repeated definite references, not pronouns

The choice and processing of referential expressions depend on the referents’ status within the discourse, such that pronouns are generally preferred over full repetitive references when the referent is salient. Here we report two visual-world experiments showing that: (1) in spoken language compreh...

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Main Authors: Sara ePeters, Timothy W. Boiteau, Amit eAlmor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00214/full