Resolution of the antecedent of a plural pronoun
This study is about the interpretation of a plural pronoun in English. A two-stage performance model is proposed on the basis of Link's competence theory which claims that plurals denote sums of individuals, i.e. groups. The first stage is the construction of group discourse entities on syntact...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2001
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3000314 |