Jim thought his golf game was pretty bad, so he decided to get some new clubs. In this sentence, the word he is a(n):
a) inference.
b) antecedent.
c) anaphor.
d) text base.
Question 2Global structure refers to ________, while local structure refers to ________.
a) the degree of connection between individual ideas in a passage of prose; the general knowledge we bring
to bear on what we're comprehending
b) the general knowledge we bring to bear on what we're comprehending; the degree of connection between
individual ideas in a passage of prose
c) coherence; anaphoric reference
d) anaphoric reference; coherence
Question 3Which of these is NOT one of the levels of discourse representation?
a) situation model
b) surface code
c) text base
d) analog code
Question 4Pickering and Traxler (1998) gave some participants garden-path sentences in which both interpretations made sense (e.g., As the woman edited the magazine amused all the reporters)
and gave other participants
garden-path sentences in which only one interpretation really made sense (e.g., As the woman sailed the
magazine amused all the reporters). What did their results indicate?
a) They showed stronger garden-path effects for plausible sentences.
b) They showed stronger garden-path effects for implausible sentences.
c) They showed equal-sized garden-path effects for plausible and implausible sentences.
d) They failed to replicate the comprehension difficulties of garden-path sentences.
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