Sloppy on the road to strict? Stereotypical gender and the interpretation of VP Ellipsis

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Experimental research on verb-phrase ellipsis concentrates on the interpretation of the elided possessive pronoun "The policeman likes his car, and the fireman does, too" finding either a preference for the "sloppy" interpretation (his = fireman's), or access to both interpretations, including the "strict" interpretation (his = policeman's). This eye-tracking study controls for a confound in previous studies (biasing towards the sloppy interpretation), by placing the embedded subject after the ellipsis ("... and so does the fireman"). We find a reading advantage for structures compatible with the sloppy interpretation, consistent with a general preference for bound-variable interpretations. --------------------------------

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