Coreference is not always either/or: psycholinguistic evidence for near-identity

Autor:	Marta Recasens, Liliana Tolchinsky, M. Antònia Martí
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Class (set theory) Coreference Interpretation (logic) Cognitive Neuroscience Identity (social science) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Language and Linguistics Noun phrase Linguistics language.human_language language Catalan Psychology
Zdroj:	Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 29:844-855
ISSN:	2327-3801 2327-3798
DOI:	10.1080/01690965.2013.801503
Popis:	Coreference has been traditionally defined dichotomously as identity-of-reference or non-identity-of-reference. Here, we consider the existence of a near-identity category for referential relations that are neither coreferent nor non-coreferent. We present a three-task experiment on the interpretation of the identity relationship between the referents of noun phrases in English and in Catalan. The experiment collected the judgements and reaction times (RTs) of 70 English speakers and 34 Catalan speakers to investigate the reality of a near-identity category that undermines the traditional dichotomous approach to coreference. The results show that whereas some referential relations are classified as either identity or non-identity by the majority of participants, there is a third class of relations for which the judgements are split between identity and non-identity. This third class of relations also shows a longer RT. This evidence supports the conclusion that it does not suffice to distinguish between i...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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