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Publication details [#11794]
Kennison, Shelia M. and Peter C. Gordon. 1997. Comprehending Referential Expressions During Reading: Evidence from Eye Tracking. Discourse Processes 24 (2/3) : 229–252. 23 pp. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Ablex Publishing Company
ISBN
0163-853X
Annotation
The influence of referential expressions (i.e. pronouns and proper names) on reading comprehension is studied. Increased reading times are measured for repeated names as compared to pronouns and for coreferring subjects. Reading times correlate with discourse structure. The results conform to mainstream theories of discourse processing.