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Implicit Causality and Pronoun Resolution in Intersubjective Discourse Relations.

Siqi Lyu¹, Luming Wang²

¹Institute of Psychology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.

Frontiers in Psychology

|May 27, 2022

Summary

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Implicit causality influences pronoun resolution in causal sentences but not in backward concession sentences. This difference may stem from the subjective nature of concessive discourse relations.

Keywords:

concession implicit causality intersubjectivity perspective shift pronoun resolution

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Science
Computational Linguistics

Background:

Interpersonal verbs create implicit causality, biasing pronoun resolution towards specific noun phrases (NPs).
Backward concession, marked by 'although,' establishes an intersubjective discourse relation where the subordinate clause indirectly relates to the main clause.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effect of verb-based implicit causality on online pronoun resolution in backward concession.
To compare pronoun resolution in causal versus concessive discourse relations.

Main Methods:

Three experiments using Chinese sentences with interpersonal verbs (e.g., 'disappoint,' 'praise').
Experiment 1: Baseline with causal relation ('because').
Experiment 2 & 3: Backward concession ('although') and direct comparison of causal/concessive relations.

Main Results:

Implicit causality significantly modulated pronoun resolution in causal sentences, with faster processing for verb-inconsistent NPs as bias decreased.
This modulation effect was absent in backward concession sentences, showing no preference for consistent or inconsistent NPs.
Replication confirmed the lack of implicit causality effect in concessive relations.

Conclusions:

Verb-based implicit causality affects pronoun resolution in causal but not concessive discourse.
The intersubjective nature of concessive relations, reflecting speaker subjectivity, may override implicit causality effects.
Comprehenders readily accommodate the speaker's viewpoint in concessive contexts during online processing.