Understanding anaphora: Rules used by readers in assigning pronominal referentsFootnote∗

The research described herein was supported primarily by the Personnel and Training Research Programs, Psychological Sciences Division, Office of Naval Research, under Contract No. N00014–76‐C‐0461, Contract Authority Identification Number NR 154–386. and also by the National Institute of Education under Contract No. HEW‐NIE‐C‐400–76–0116. This project would not have been possible without the work of Marina Frederiksen, who wrote, to exacting specifications, the textual materials used in the experiment.

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