Thanks for visiting my virtual poster! If you'd like more information, or if you have any questions/comments, please email me at jstorbec@usc.edu or leave a comment on OSF (by clicking on the speech bubble in the upper right corner). Thank you! ________________________________________________ Nominal possessive constructions (e.g. *Sam’s car*) present a challenge for theories of discourse since, unlike simpler nominal phrases (e.g. *a car*), they explicitly refer to two entities, not just one: a possessor (Sam) and a possession (car). Research on the discourse prominence of these two referents has been limited in scope and produced contradictory findings. We use a sentence continuation task to investigate the prominence of possessions as a function of their animacy. We find that possessed animates (e.g. *her butler*) are especially prominent. Their privileged status in discourse may relate to non-linguistic theories on the importance of interpersonal relationships.