Principle B constrains the processing of cataphora: Evidence for syntactic and discourse predictions
Principle B constrains the processing of cataphora: Evidence for syntactic and discourse predictions
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jml.2021.104254
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发表时间：
2021-05-08
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4.3
通讯作者：
Dillon, Brian
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作者：
Kush, Dave;Dillon, Brian
我们测试了理解者在回指代词加工过程中是否能够使用约束原则B(Chomsky，1981)来指导先行搜索。我们使用性别错配范式(van Gompel&Liversedge，2003)进行了两个自我节奏的阅读实验，以此作为主语和主语之间共指关系的积极预测指标。在这两个实验中，我们发现当主语与回指的共指在语法上是可以接受的时，主语的性别错配效应。在共指被原则B排除的情况下，我们没有发现类似的性别错配效应。我们的结果与语法限制作为理解中回指解析过程的早期过滤器的模型大体一致。我们举例说明了在增量参照处理过程中，语法分析器如何整合句法和语篇级别的信息以实现语法敏感性。
We tested whether comprehenders can use Binding Principle B (Chomsky, 1981) to guide antecedent search during the processing of cataphoric pronouns. We ran two self-paced reading experiments using the gender mismatch paradigm (van Gompel & Liversedge, 2003) as an index of active prediction of coreference between a cataphor and a main clause subject. In both experiments, we find gender mismatch effects at the main clause subject when coreference with the cataphor is grammatically acceptable. We do not find comparable gender mismatch effects in conditions where coreference is ruled out by Principle B. Our results are broadly consistent with models in which grammatical constraints serve as early filters on anaphora resolution processes in comprehension. We illustrate how the parser can integrate syntactic and discourse-level information to achieve grammatical sensitivity during incremental referential processing.