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Pronoun resolution and discourse models.

S B Greene1, G McKoon, R Ratcliff

  • 1Psychology Department, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
|March 1, 1992
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Pronoun resolution may not always yield a single referent automatically. New research suggests context is crucial for understanding pronoun meaning, challenging prior assumptions in psychological studies.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics

Background:

  • Traditional models of pronoun resolution assume automatic and unique referent identification.
  • This assumption underpins much of the existing research in psycholinguistics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the assumption of automatic unique referent assignment in pronoun resolution.
  • To propose a novel framework for studying pronoun resolution incorporating discourse and memory.
  • To investigate conditions under which pronouns may not yield unique referents.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted 9 experiments examining pronoun resolution.
  • Utilized principles from discourse representation theory.
  • Incorporated models of global memory.

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Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that pronouns, unlike noun anaphors, do not always facilitate their referents.
  • Showed instances where pronouns failed to produce relative facilitation compared to non-referents.
  • Provided empirical evidence against the automatic unique referent hypothesis.

Conclusions:

  • Automatic processes in pronoun resolution may not always identify a unique referent.
  • Discourse context plays a critical role in pronoun interpretation.
  • Future research should consider contextual factors in pronoun resolution studies.