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Aspectual Coercion in Eye Movements

Journal of psycholinguistic research, 2013-06, Vol.42 (3), p.281-306 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 ;Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 ;ISSN: 0090-6905 ;ISSN: 1573-6555 ;EISSN: 1573-6555 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10936-012-9216-4 ;PMID: 22492206 ;CODEN: JPLRB7

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Title:
Aspectual Coercion in Eye Movements
Author: Townsend, David J.
Subjects: adverb position ; Ambiguity (Semantics) ; aspect ; Behavioral Science and Psychology ; Climbing ; Cognitive Psychology ; Comprehension ; Comprehension - physiology ; Evidence ; Eye Movements ; Eye Movements - physiology ; Female ; Form Classes (Languages) ; Human Body ; Humans ; language ; Language Processing ; Language Usage ; Male ; Massachusetts ; Phrase Structure ; Psycholinguistics ; Psychology ; Reading ; Reading Comprehension ; Resistance (Psychology) ; Semantics ; Semiotics ; Sentences ; Speech ; Students - psychology ; Syntax ; Teaching Methods ; text segmentation ; Verbs ; Vocabulary
Is Part Of: Journal of psycholinguistic research, 2013-06, Vol.42 (3), p.281-306
Description: Comprehension includes interpreting sentences in terms of aspectual categories such as processes ( Harry climbed ) and culminations ( Harry reached the top ). Adding a verbal modifier such as for many years to a culmination coerces its interpretation from one to many culminations. Previous studies have found that coercion increases lexical decision and meaning judgment time, but not eye fixation time. This study recorded eye movements as participants read sentences in which a coercive adverb increased the interpretation of multiple events. Adverbs appeared at the end of a clause and line; the post-adverb region appeared at the beginning of the next line; follow-up questions occasionally asked about aspectual meaning; and clause type varied systematically. Coercive adverbs increased eye fixation time in the post-adverb region and in the adverb and post-adverb regions combined. Factors that influence the appearance of aspectual coercion may include world knowledge, follow-up questions, and the location and ambiguity of adverbs.
Publisher: Boston: Springer US
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0090-6905
ISSN: 1573-6555
EISSN: 1573-6555
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-012-9216-4
PMID: 22492206
CODEN: JPLRB7
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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ProQuest Central

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Aspectual Coercion in Eye Movements

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 ;Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 ;ISSN: 0090-6905 ;ISSN: 1573-6555 ;EISSN: 1573-6555 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10936-012-9216-4 ;PMID: 22492206 ;CODEN: JPLRB7

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