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Bound and referential pronouns - Cognitive Science

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Participants<br />

60 native speakers of German, age between 18 <strong>and</strong> 50<br />

(average 24.8); 32 male, 28 female;<br />

Hypotheses<br />

1. Only <strong>referential</strong> expressions, <strong>and</strong> not bound <strong>pronouns</strong>,<br />

cause an increase in focussing frequency (linking of<br />

visual attention to reference)<br />

2. First mention <strong>referential</strong> expressions cause a greater<br />

increase in focussing frequency than do second mention<br />

<strong>referential</strong> expressions.

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