Thematic role and grammatical function affect pronoun production. Lindemann, S., Mada, S., Sasu, L., & Matei, M. In Proceedings of 11th International Conference of Experimental Linguistics, 2020. ExLing Society.
Paper doi abstract bibtex According to different approaches to pronoun processing, in pro-drop languages, null pronouns are interpreted as referring back to the grammatical subject and topical referent, while overt pronouns are usually interpreted as coreferring with a non-subject and non-topical antecedent. The present study investigates whether thematic role and grammatical function impact (overt and null) pronoun production in Romania. Results show that we do not encounter a clear division of labour between the two pronoun forms triggered by syntactic structure alone and that thematic roles matter as well. The findings support a multi-dimensional approach, suggesting that different referential forms are constrained by different factors.
@inproceedings{lindemann_thematic_2020,
title = {Thematic role and grammatical function affect pronoun production},
isbn = {9786188458512},
url = {https://exlingsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/proceedings/exling-2020/11_0028_000443.pdf},
doi = {10.36505/ExLing-2020/11/0028/000443},
abstract = {According to different approaches to pronoun processing, in pro-drop languages, null pronouns are interpreted as referring back to the grammatical subject and topical referent, while overt pronouns are usually interpreted as coreferring with a non-subject and non-topical antecedent. The present study investigates whether thematic role and grammatical function impact (overt and null) pronoun production in Romania. Results show that we do not encounter a clear division of labour between the two pronoun forms triggered by syntactic structure alone and that thematic roles matter as well. The findings support a multi-dimensional approach, suggesting that different referential forms are constrained by different factors.},
urldate = {2025-04-17},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 11th {International} {Conference} of {Experimental} {Linguistics}},
publisher = {ExLing Society},
author = {Lindemann, Sofiana-Iulia and Mada, Stanca and Sasu, Laura and Matei, Madalina},
year = {2020},
}
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