TY - JOUR AU - Pearson, Hazel AU - Dery, Jeruen PY - 2019/05/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Dreaming 'de re' and 'de se': Experimental evidence für the Oneiric Reference Constraint JF - Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung JA - SuB VL - 18 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/320 SP - 322-340 AB - <p>We present findings from three experiments investigating the interpretation of pronouns in dream reports and belief reports. Percus and Sauerland (2003a) discuss reports of dreams where the dreamer is someone other than who she actually is, and investigate the range of possible interpretations of pronouns in this environment. They claim that when two pronouns are embedded, a reading where the higher pronoun refers to the subject of <em>dream</em> (<em>de re</em>) and the lower one to the ‘dream-self’ (<em>de se</em>) is excluded. This observation motivates a theory that derives <em>de se</em> interpretations via pronoun movement. The core judgment behind this idea is delicate, however, and Anand (2006) found that some of his informants were able to detect the reading in question. Moreover, he claimed that the <em>de re</em> + <em>de se</em> reading is available when the embedding verb is <em>believe</em>. We bring experimental evidence to bear on these issues in the form of a picture choice task. Our data support Percus and Sauerland’s claim that the <em>de re</em> + <em>de se </em>reading is unavailable in dream reports, suggesting that the empirical basis of their theory of<em> de se</em> is sound. In addition, we confirm Anand’s claim that this reading is available in belief reports.</p> ER -