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Research article summary:
The accessibility of characters in single sentences: proper names, common nouns, and first mention.
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Accessibility of characters in two-character sentences (e.g., The butler helped Calvin at the wedding reception) was investigated with a probe recognition task. Probes were either the first character (e.g., butler) or the second character (e.g., Calvin) ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Jun
in Journal: Psychon Bull Rev
(Language : eng)
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1. Psychon Bull Rev.
2002 Jun;9(2):356-61
The accessibility of characters in single sentences: proper names, common nouns, and first mention.
McDonald JL, Shaibe DM
Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA. psmcdo@lsu.edu
Accessibility of characters in two-character sentences (e.g., The butler helped Calvin at the wedding reception) was investigated with a probe recognition task. Probes were either the first character (e.g., butler) or the second character (e.g., Calvin) in a sentence and were designated by proper names or common nouns crossed with name or noun nonprobes. Results show that (1) probes in first position are more accessible than those in second position, but not when noun probes are paired with name nonprobes, (2) characters designated by names are generally more accessible than those designated by nouns, and (3) the first name in a sentence is more available than other characters, regardless of position. Thus, accessibility of characters in a sentence seems dependent on discourse function, with named characters seen as main characters, rather than on nondiscourse-related factors, such as temporal distinctiveness.
PMID : 12120800 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Janet L | McDonald | JL |
| Deborah M | Shaibe | DM |
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803, USA. psmcdo@lsu.edu
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