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Article: The effects of frequency on pronoun production
Title | The effects of frequency on pronoun production |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Accessibility Discourse Frequency Language production Pronouns Reference |
Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | Seoul National University. The Journal's web site is located at http://cogsci.snu.ac.kr/jcs/index.php/about/ |
Citation | Journal of Cognitive Science, 2016, v. 17 n. 4, p. 547-569 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The present study aims to examine whether pronoun production is influenced by referent frequency. We used a story continuation task and manipulated the frequency of referent nouns in one-entity (the woman(HF)/ postman(LF) skated to the house) and two-entity contexts (HF Subject-LF Object: the girl(HF) calmed the monk(LF) & LF Subject-HF Object: the postman(LF) warned the mother(HF)). We found that frequency had no effect in one-entity contexts. However, the frequency e ect was signi cant in two- entity contexts. When the subject had a high frequency while the object had a low frequency (HF Subject-LF Object), the rate of pronoun use increased for subject but decreased for object referents, compared to when the subject had a low frequency while the object had a high frequency (LF Subject-HF Object). That is, participants tended to use more pronouns for high frequency referents. This suggests that frequency is a factor that modulates pronoun production in the presence of multiple entities. We discuss the implications of our results in terms of existing theories. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/241762 |
ISSN | 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.108 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lau, SH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hwang, H | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-20T01:48:13Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-20T01:48:13Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Cognitive Science, 2016, v. 17 n. 4, p. 547-569 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1598-2327 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/241762 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The present study aims to examine whether pronoun production is influenced by referent frequency. We used a story continuation task and manipulated the frequency of referent nouns in one-entity (the woman(HF)/ postman(LF) skated to the house) and two-entity contexts (HF Subject-LF Object: the girl(HF) calmed the monk(LF) & LF Subject-HF Object: the postman(LF) warned the mother(HF)). We found that frequency had no effect in one-entity contexts. However, the frequency e ect was signi cant in two- entity contexts. When the subject had a high frequency while the object had a low frequency (HF Subject-LF Object), the rate of pronoun use increased for subject but decreased for object referents, compared to when the subject had a low frequency while the object had a high frequency (LF Subject-HF Object). That is, participants tended to use more pronouns for high frequency referents. This suggests that frequency is a factor that modulates pronoun production in the presence of multiple entities. We discuss the implications of our results in terms of existing theories. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Seoul National University. The Journal's web site is located at http://cogsci.snu.ac.kr/jcs/index.php/about/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Cognitive Science | - |
dc.subject | Accessibility | - |
dc.subject | Discourse | - |
dc.subject | Frequency | - |
dc.subject | Language production | - |
dc.subject | Pronouns | - |
dc.subject | Reference | - |
dc.title | The effects of frequency on pronoun production | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Hwang, H: heeju@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Hwang, H=rp02006 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.17791/jcs.2016.17.4.547 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85010002010 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 272477 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 17 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 547 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 569 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Korea | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1598-2327 | - |