Grammatical and Coherence-Based Factors in Pronoun Interpretation
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We describe a pronoun interpretation experiment in which a Coherence Hypothesis is tested against preference-based analyses of pronoun interpretation, including the Parallel Function Preference and the Subject Preference. We demonstrate that preferences can be systematically disrupted through the manipulation of coherence, and that only the Coherence Hypothesis can predict the full range of coreference patterns observed. We argue, following Kehler (2002), that apparent preferences follow from inferencing processes which support different types of coherence relation.
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