Anaphoric Distance in Oral and Written Language: Experimental Evidence

We investigate the variation in oral and written language terms of anaphoric distance (i.e., textual between anaphors their antecedents), expanding corpus-based research with experimental evidence. Contrastive corpus studies demonstrate that genres include longer average than genres, if is measured clauses (Fox, 1987; Aktaş & Stede, 2020). designed an experiment order to examine contrasts mediums, using same genre. aim gain more insight about impact medium, a situation where both mediums convey similar level spontaneity, informality interactivity. story continuation study, participants are recruited via crowdsourcing. To our knowledge, this first study its kind, manipulated systematically production medium distinctions. observed use pronouns long. This result line implications earlier research. In addition, results indicate has larger effect referential choice for medium.