The role of grammatical role and thematic role predictability in reference form production in Mandarin Chinese

Evidence suggests that English speakers use pronouns when referring to the grammatical subject and predictable thematic role. We tested how grammatical role and thematic role predictability affect different types of referential forms, namely, overt pronouns and null pronouns in Mandarin Chinese. We...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Heeju Hwang, Suet Ying Lam, Wenjing Ni, He Ren
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Subjects:	null pronouns (zero anaphors) overt pronouns reference production grammatical role thematic role predictability
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.930572/full