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Kennison, Shelia M.; Fernandez, Elaine C.; Bowers, J. Michael – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The research demonstrated that there are differences in the processing of sentences containing anaphoric pronouns (e.g., "After Mark arrived, he used the phone.") and cataphoric pronouns (e.g., "After he arrived, Mark used the phone."). Reading time was measured on sentences containing 2 clauses; a pronoun appeared in 1 clause, and a proper name…
Descriptors: Sentences, Sentence Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Language Processing