Discourse effects in processing Chinese reflexive pronouns

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Research demonstrates how discourse influences reflexive pronoun processing in Chinese, suggesting no competition between types.

Core finding reveals that discourse context affects the processing of Chinese reflexive pronouns immediately.
Self-paced reading experiments indicate that antecedent choice can be guided by discourse towards local or long-distance references.
The study contrasts with previous literature by suggesting effortless guidance rather than competition in reflexive processing.
A neo-Gricean pragmatic approach helps simplify the understanding of reflexive pronouns in relation to discourse context.

Zhao et al. (2025) studied this question.

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