Naslov
Establishing Reference in Ambiguous Sentences in English as L2

Autori
Željeznjak, Katarina

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Filozofski fakultet

Mjesto
Zagreb

Datum
16.05

Godina
2013

Stranica
37

Mentor
Zovko Dinković, Irena

Ključne riječi
referential ambiguity; pronouns; English; second language

Sažetak
This thesis deals with the way speakers process ambiguous elements in language, with the aim of determining the means by which speakers assign one or another possible interpretation to an ambiguous linguistic unit, i.e. how they choose one or another possible meaning of an ambiguous structure. The ambiguity in this thesis is dealt with from the theoretical perspective of language comprehension, and based on written, rather than spoken language material. Based on research which involved learners of English as a second language, with a group of English native speakers as a control group, this thesis focuses on referential ambiguity, and tries to determine the criteria people use in order to identify a referent of an ambiguous pronoun.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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