Evidências experimentais do processamento da correferência e dos princípios de ligação em Português Brasileiro

Abstract

This article aims to review studies on coreferential processing with relation to the Binding Theory in Brazilian Portuguese, taking as starting point the minimalist framework of the Generative Theory, which discusses the theoretical status of the Binding Principles. Specifically, this paper address issues related to the on-line processing of these principles, such as the determination of their role in coreferential processing, and the exact moment of their application, investigating what kind of information acts in both early and late moments of processing. An eye-tracking experiment was carried out in order to gather empirical data which bring new evidence on the phenomenon.