| Presentation | 2018-07-28 [Poster Presentation] Difference in referential-expression preferences between Japanese and Chinese readers Mari Miyao, Amy J. Schafer, Bonnie D. Schwartz, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | A self-paced reading experiment was conducted to examine how native Japanese-speaking and Chinese-speaking adults process subject referential expressions (“REs”; here, null pronoun, overt pronoun, and repeated name) in discourse. We tested participants on closely translated stimuli and compared raw reading times (RTs) with residual RTs adjusted for length of RE. Results pointed to a cross-linguistic difference in subject-RE preference for a discourse topic: Both RT analyses for Japanese speakers indicated a null-pronoun preference; but for Chinese speakers, only the raw RTs indicated a (null and overt) pronoun preference over a repeated name, suggesting a weaker null-pronoun preference than in Japanese. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Referential expressions / pronouns / repeated names / discourse processing / reading times / Japanese / Chinese |
| Paper # | TL2018-29 |
| Date of Issue | 2018-07-21 (TL) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2018/7/28(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Keio University |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Human Language Processing and Learning |
| Chair | Hiroshi Sano(Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Studies) |
| Vice Chair | Tadahisa Kondo(Kogakuin Univ.) / Kazuhiro Takeuchi(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.) |
| Secretary | Tadahisa Kondo(Kobe Gakuin Univ.) / Kazuhiro Takeuchi(Kyoto Inst. of Tech.) |
| Assistant | Nobuyuki Jincho(Waseda Univ.) / Akinori Takada(Ferris Univ.) / Akio Ishikawa(KDDI Research) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Thought and Language |
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| Language | ENG |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | [Poster Presentation] Difference in referential-expression preferences between Japanese and Chinese readers |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | Referential expressions |
| Keyword(2) | pronouns |
| Keyword(3) | repeated names |
| Keyword(4) | discourse processing |
| Keyword(5) | reading times |
| Keyword(6) | Japanese |
| Keyword(7) | Chinese |
| 1st Author's Name | Mari Miyao |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Kyoto University(Kyoto Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Amy J. Schafer |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | University of Hawaii(Univ. of Hawaii) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Bonnie D. Schwartz |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | University of Hawaii(Univ. of Hawaii) |
| Date | 2018-07-28 |
| Paper # | TL2018-29 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.118 |
| Number (no) | TL-163 |
| Page | pp.pp.83-86(TL), |
| #Pages | 4 |
| Date of Issue | 2018-07-21 (TL) |