Co-Referential Processing of Pronouns and Repeated Names in Italian

Autor/inn/en	de Carvalho Maia, Jefferson; Vernice, Mirta; Gelormini-Lezama, Carlos; Lima, Maria Luiza Cunha; Almor, Amit
Titel	Co-Referential Processing of Pronouns and Repeated Names in Italian
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 46 (2017) 2, S.497-506 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (de Carvalho Maia, Jefferson)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-016-9450-2
Schlagwörter	Form Classes (Languages); Sentences; Reading Comprehension; Italian; Language Styles; Language Research; Language Processing; Repetition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analytischer Sprachbau; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Leseverstehen; Italienisch; Sprachstil; Sprachforschung; Sprachverarbeitung; Wiederholung
Abstract	In this study, we investigate whether co-referential processing across sentence boundaries is driven by universal properties of the general architecture of memory systems and whether cross-linguistic differences concerning the number of anaphoric forms available in a language's referential inventory can impact the process of inter-sentential co-reference resolution. As a window into these questions, we test whether the repeated-name penalty (RNP) and the overt-pronoun penalty (OPP)--comprehension delays associated with repeated names and overt pronouns, respectively, in comparison to more reduced anaphoric forms in reference to salient antecedents--occur in Italian, examining the extent to which Italian resembles other null-subject languages, with focus on Spanish. Our self-paced reading experiment with factors Antecedent (Subject, Object) and Anaphor (Null Pronoun, Overt Pronoun, Repeated Name) found that Italian exhibits both an OPP and a (weaker) RNP, extending previous research that showed these effects in Spanish and strengthening the claim that co-reference resolution might be subject to universal principles. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01