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Publication details [#64791]

Hwang, Heeju. 2018. Semantic Properties of Pronouns Modulate Pronoun Use: Evidence from Cantonese. Discourse Processes 55 (1) : 92–102.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

animacy | gender | pronoun | reference | semantics1

Language as a subject

Cantonese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This inquiry explores how semantic attributes of pronouns modulate speakers' choice of referring expression by examining pronoun use in a language with distinct trait specifications from English, to wit Cantonese.