Cadernos de Letras da UFF (Dec 2014)

RESTRICTIONS OF BINDING THEORY AND COREFERENTIAL PROCESSING IN TWO STAGES

  • Márcio Martins Leitão,
  • Gitanna Brito Bezerra,
  • Dorothy Bezerra Silva de Brito

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 49

Abstract

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This research investigated the role of Principle B of Binding Theory in the parsing of sentences with the pronoun “he” preceded by an unavailable antecedent convergent or divergent concerning the gender, number and animacy features. An experiment of self-paced reading revealed an immediate action of principle B and a late influence of unavailable antecedents, with a combined action of the mentioned features.

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