The role of perspective in identifying domains of reference |
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Authors: | Heller Daphna Grodner Daniel Tanenhaus Michael K |
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Affiliation: | Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, Meliora Hall, Box 270268, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. |
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Abstract: | We used the contrastive expectation associated with scalar adjectives to examine whether listeners are sensitive to the distinction between common and privileged information during real-time reference resolution. Our results show that listeners used this distinction to narrow the set of potential referents to objects with contrasts in common ground from the earliest moments. These results extend previous evidence that ground information influences real-time language processing by showing that the distinction between common and privileged information is used without being triggered by unusual circumstances. |
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Keywords: | Common ground Reference resolution Perspective Eye-tracking Language |
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