Discourse Cues to Ambiguity Resolution
Evidence From "Do It" Comprehension
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11273002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Simner (0000-0003-4789-0138, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Martin J Pickering (0000-0002-2005-049X, University of Edinburgh), Martin Pickering, Alan Garnham (0000-0002-0058-403X) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Processes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s15326950dp3601_1 |
| OpenAlex | W1998482082 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
In sentences such as Sam borrowed a jigsaw puzzle, and he did it while everyone else was out, the Ado it@ expression can take its meaning from the entire preceding verb phrase (= borrowed the jigsaw puzzle) or from just the noun phrase (= did the jigsaw puzzle). We examine how the choice of verbal or nominal interpretation is influenced by changes in discourse structure, and in doing so, illustrate those processes that guide discourse comprehension more generally. With 3 manipulations, we show how Ado it@ interpretation is influenced by the nature of the following subordinating conjunct (while vs. because), the preceding coordinating connective (full stop vs. and), and the presence or absence of a pronominal agent. With these results, we argue that readers take cues from the amount of overlapping discourse structure in an antecedent and anaphor clause, and from a consideration of how events in a discourse can be causally related
Ambiguity · Antecedent (behavioral psychology · Comprehension · Ellipsis (linguistics · Interpretation (philosophy · Jigsaw · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Noun · Noun phrase · Phrase · Sentence processing · Verb · Verb phrase · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Cohesion in English
Coherence and Coreference
The role of parallel function in the acquisition of relative clauses in English
Making and correcting errors during sentence comprehension
Thematic roles, focus and the representation of events
The use of lexical and syntactic information in language production
What's new? Acquiring New information as a process in comprehension
Causal connectives increase inference generation
The Effect of Thematic Roles on Pronoun Use and Frequency of Reference Continuation
Grammatical determinants of ambiguous pronoun resolution
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2020 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |