When a stone tries to climb up a slope: The interplay between lexical and perceptual animacy in referential choices

Several studies suggest that referential choices are influenced by animacy. On the one hand, animate referents are more likely to be mentioned as subjects than inanimate referents. On the other hand, animate referents are more frequently pronominalized than inanimate referents. These effects have be...

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Main Authors: Jorrig eVogels, Emiel eKrahmer, Alfons eMaes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00154/full