TY  - JOUR
A1  - Drummer, Janna-Deborah
A1  - Felser, Claudia
T1  - Cataphoric pronoun resolution in native and non-native sentence comprehension
T2  - Journal of memory and language
N2  - Encountering a cataphoric pronoun triggers a search for a suitable referent. Previous research indicates that this search is constrained by binding Condition C, which prohibits coreference between a cataphoric pronoun and a referential expression within its c-command domain. We report the results from a series of eye-movement monitoring and questionnaire experiments investigating cataphoric pronoun resolution in German. Given earlier findings suggesting that the application of structure-sensitive constraints on reference resolution may be delayed in non-native language processing, we tested both native and proficient non-native speakers of German. Our results show that cataphoric pronouns trigger an active search in both native and non-native comprehenders. Whilst both participant groups demonstrated awareness of Condition C in an offline task, we found Condition C effects to be restricted to later processing measures during online reading. This indicates that during natural reading, Condition C applies as a relatively late filter on potential coreference assignments.
KW  - Cataphoric pronouns
KW  - Reference resolution
KW  - Condition C
KW  - Eye-movement monitoring
KW  - Bilingual processing
KW  - German
Y1  - 2018
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/52428
SN  - 0749-596X
SN  - 1096-0821
VL  - 101
SP  - 97
EP  - 113
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - San Diego
ER  -