Put in last position something previously unmentioned: word order effects on referential expectancy and reference comprehension.
Research has shown that the comprehension of definite referring expressions (e.g., the triangle) tends to be faster for given (previously mentioned) referents, compared with new referents. This has been attributed to the presence of given information in the consciousness of discourse participants (e...
| Publicado en: | Language & Cognitive Processes Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 282 - 296 |
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Psychology Press (UK)
Mar2008
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