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Peer reviewedHarris, Catherine L.; Bates, Elizabeth A. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2002
Investigates whether syntax signals foregrounding/backgrounding structure in English. Backgrounded the main clause using progressive or pluperfect aspect. A rating study showed coreference was allowed more frequently for pronouns in main clauses when those clauses contained progressive or pluperfect aspect. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English, Phrase Structure, Pronouns
Peer reviewedEmmorey, Karen; Lillo-Martin, Diane – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1995
Presents two probe recognition experiments investigating whether overt and null pronouns in American Sign Language (ASL) similarly reactivate their referents during online sentence comprehension. Both experiments indicated that an important link exists between spatial verb agreement and the ASL pronomial system and that nonreferent inhibition does…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Analysis of Variance, College Students, Deafness
