A Metarepresentational Analysis of the Comprehension of Anaphoric Processes

回指表达，无论是否在语音上实现，都指示受话人在源表征(即，首先以指称识别为目标的言语或非言语明示刺激)的更高阶表征(即元表征)内访问它们的指称。同样明显的是，能够识别所指的语境假设的可及性因回指表达的类型而不同。这表明，作为语境假设的材料表征的可及性和加工努力的差异源于其与源表征的相似程度。

Anaphoric expressions, whether phonologically realized or not, instruct the addresseeto access their referent within the higher-order representation(i. e. meta-representation) of a source representation(i. e. verbal or non-verbal ostensive stimuli which are first targeted in terms of referent identification). It is also evident that the accessibility of contextual assumptions enabling the identification of areferent differs according to the types of anaphoric expressions. This indicates that differences in the accessibility of a matarepresentation as a contextual assumption and in processing effort stem from degrees of its resemblance to the source representation.