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    "pk": 23987,
    "title": "Encoding discourse structure information during language comprehension: Evidence from web-based visual world paradigm experiments",
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    "abstract": "This study explores the way discourse structure information is used during encoding of linguistic representations, using the distinction between main and subordinate information as a case study. We use the two contrasting constructions: (a) “The singers\\textsubscript{MAIN} who admired the violinists\\textsubscript{MAIN} invited their mentors to the party”; (b) “The singers\\textsubscript{MAIN}, who admired the violinists\\textsubscript{SUBORDINATE}, invited their mentors to the party.” While both contain discourse-main information, (b) includes discourse-subordinate information in the clause ``who admired \\textit{the violinists}.” Importantly, \\textit{the singers} and \\textit{the violinists} are both plausible antecedents for \\textit{their}, but the overlap in discourse-information between the two NPs differs: (a) overlap ({MAIN, MAIN}); (b) no overlap ({MAIN, SUBORDINATE}). Through two web-based eye-tracking experiments using a visual world paradigm, we find that this overlap leads to competition between the two NPs, evidenced by eye-gaze differences, (a) < (b). We also find that this effect manifests early, even before retrieval, i.e., before pronoun resolution.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Linguistics; Psychology; Discourse; Language understanding; Eye tracking"
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    "section": "Papers with Poster Presentation",
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        {
            "first_name": "Sanghee",
            "middle_name": "J.",
            "last_name": "Kim",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Chicago",
            "department": ""
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        {
            "first_name": "Ming",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Xiang",
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            "institution": "University of Chicago",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2024-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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