Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: Lang Cogn Process. 2007 Dec 13;6(2):81–105. doi: 10.1080/01690969108406939

TABLE 2.

Paraphrase Data

Pronoun
Plural
(%)
Singular
(%)
Multiple item/event nounphrase
Multiple item interpretation
Where do you keep your plates? I need one.
45 41
Unique item interpretation
Where do you keep your plate? I need it.
1 6
Unique item/event nounphrase
Multiple item interpretation
Where do you keep your irons? I need one.
18 2
Unique item interpretation
Where do you keep your iron? I need it.
21 48
Generic type nounphrase
Generic type interpretation
My mom thinks I look good in dresses but I don't.
63 59
Specific token interpretation
There’s a dress my mom thinks I look good in but I don’t.
2 7
Specific token nounphrase
Generic type interpretation
My mom thinks I look good in dresses but I don’t.
38 11
Specific token interpretaiton
My mom thinks I look good in the dress that she bought me lost
 year for Christmas.
32 61
Colletive set nounphrase
Collective set interpretation
The class didn't pay any attention to the substitute teacher.
48 42
Individual member interpretation
A student didn't pay any attention to the substitute teacher.
0 4
Individual member naunphrase
Collective set interpretation
The students didn't pay any attention to the substitute teacher.
19 1
Individual member interpretation
The student didn’t pay any attention to the substitute teacher.
17 49