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Processing "d-linked" phrases.

Lyn Frazier1, Charles Clifton

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Massachussetts, Amherst, MA 01003-7710, USA.

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
|February 26, 2003
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Readers prefer discourse-linked (d-linked) phrases over non-d-linked ones when interpreting pronouns. This suggests d-linked phrases are immediately processed in discourse representations, impacting pronoun resolution and grammatical judgments.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Linguistic Theory
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Linguistics distinguishes between discourse-linked (d-linked) and non-d-linked interrogatives.
  • D-linked phrases imply a contextually determined set for choice, unlike non-d-linked ones.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how readers and listeners process d-linked versus non-d-linked interrogatives as pronoun antecedents.
  • To determine if d-linked phrases are immediately represented in discourse.

Main Methods:

  • Two questionnaires and an online reading study.
  • An additional questionnaire and online listening study.

Main Results:

  • Readers preferred d-linked phrases as pronoun antecedents over non-d-linked ones.

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  • Participants were more tolerant of island violations with d-linked antecedents.
  • No comparable difficulty was found for non-d-linked interrogatives.

    • Conclusions:

    • D-linked phrases are immediately interpreted within a discourse representation.
    • This discourse representation is checked during pronoun interpretation.
    • Findings suggest d-linked phrases are processed differently than non-d-linked ones, impacting sentence comprehension.