Non-Gendered Pronoun Processing: An Investigation of the Gender Non-Specific Third Person Singular Pronoun 'TA' in Chinese

Autor/inn/en	Gallant, Jordan; Sluchinski, Kerry
Titel	Non-Gendered Pronoun Processing: An Investigation of the Gender Non-Specific Third Person Singular Pronoun 'TA' in Chinese
Quelle	In: Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 60 (2023) 8, S.535-555 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gallant, Jordan) ORCID (Sluchinski, Kerry)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0163-853X
DOI	10.1080/0163853X.2023.2255075
Schlagwörter	Form Classes (Languages); Grammar; Sex Stereotypes; Gender Issues; Mandarin Chinese; Language Usage; College Students; College Graduates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analytischer Sprachbau; Grammatik; Geschlechterfrage; Sprachgebrauch; Collegestudent; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin
Abstract	This study investigated the processing of the Chinese nongendered third-person singular pronoun, "TA," in a series of self-paced reading experiments. We begin by investigating the perceived appropriateness of TA using a novel implementation of the modified maze task. We then contrasted reading latencies for TA and male- and female-gender pronouns in reference to antecedents with varying stereotypical gender (e.g., occupation terms) and definitional gender (e.g., kinship terms). In our analysis, we assessed several means of operationalizing stereotypical gender information. Optimal model performance was achieved with a continuous measure that accounted for individual differences in gender perception, suggesting the involvement of a probabilistic component. Results for reading latencies and perceived appropriateness of TA support previous findings from discourse analysis that TA is not entirely gender-neutral but rather has nuanced contexts of use in modern Chinese written discourse. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01