Can character viewpoint gesture guide pronoun resolution in German?
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2024/15/0009/000634Keywords:
perspective in gesture, character viewpoint gesture, pronoun resolution in GermanAbstract
Co-speech gestures can affect ambiguous pronoun resolution (Goodrich Smith & Hudson Kam 2012). We report the findings of two forced choice studies investigating the hypothesis that performing a character viewpoint gesture from the perspective of the subject or the object influences the resolution of p- (Exp. 1) and d-pronouns (Exp. 2) in German. The results, however, do not corroborate our hypothesis.
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