The effect of high- and low-frequency previews and sentential fit on word skipping during reading

Authors: Angele, B., Laishley, A.E., Rayner, K. and Liversedge, S.P.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volume: 40

Issue: 4

Pages: 1181-1203

ISSN: 0278-7393

DOI: 10.1037/a0036396

Abstract:

In a previous gaze-contingent boundary experiment, Angele and Rayner (2013) found that readers are likely to skip a word that appears to be the definite article the even when syntactic constraints do not allow for articles to occur in that position. In the present study, we investigated whether the word frequency of the preview of a 3-letter target word influences a reader's decision to fixate or skip that word. We found that the word frequency rather than the felicitousness (syntactic fit) of the preview affected how often the upcoming word was skipped. These results indicate that visual information about the upcoming word trumps information from the sentence context when it comes to making a skipping decision. Skipping parafoveal instances of the therefore may simply be an extreme case of skipping high-frequency words. © 2014 American Psychological Association.

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The effect of high- and low-frequency previews and sentential fit on word skipping during reading.

Authors: Angele, B., Laishley, A.E., Rayner, K. and Liversedge, S.P.

Journal: J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn

Volume: 40

Issue: 4

Pages: 1181-1203

eISSN: 1939-1285

DOI: 10.1037/a0036396

Abstract:

In a previous gaze-contingent boundary experiment, Angele and Rayner (2013) found that readers are likely to skip a word that appears to be the definite article the even when syntactic constraints do not allow for articles to occur in that position. In the present study, we investigated whether the word frequency of the preview of a 3-letter target word influences a reader's decision to fixate or skip that word. We found that the word frequency rather than the felicitousness (syntactic fit) of the preview affected how often the upcoming word was skipped. These results indicate that visual information about the upcoming word trumps information from the sentence context when it comes to making a skipping decision. Skipping parafoveal instances of the therefore may simply be an extreme case of skipping high-frequency words.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21361/

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The Effect of High- and Low-Frequency Previews and Sentential Fit on Word Skipping During Reading

Authors: Angele, B., Laishley, A.E., Rayner, K. and Liversedge, S.P.

Journal: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION

Volume: 40

Issue: 4

Pages: 1181-1203

eISSN: 1939-1285

ISSN: 0278-7393

DOI: 10.1037/a0036396

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21361/

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The effect of high- and low-frequency previews and sentential fit on word skipping during reading

Authors: Angele, B., Laishley, A.E., Rayner, K. and Liversedge, S.P.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Volume: 40

Issue: 4

Pages: 1181-1203

ISSN: 0278-7393

DOI: 10.1037/a0036396

Abstract:

In a previous gaze-contingent boundary experiment, Angele and Rayner (2013) found that readers are likely to skip a word that appears to be the definite article the even when syntactic constraints do not allow for articles to occur in that position. In the present study, we investigated whether the word frequency of the preview of a 3-letter target word influences a reader’s decision to fixate or skip that word. We found that the word frequency rather than the felicitousness (syntactic fit) of the preview affected how often the upcoming word was skipped. These results indicate that visual information about the upcoming word trumps information from the sentence context when it comes to making a skipping decision. Skipping parafoveal instances of the therefore may simply be an extreme case of skipping high-frequency words.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21361/

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Preferred by: Bernhard Angele and Abby Laishley

The effect of high- and low-frequency previews and sentential fit on word skipping during reading.

Authors: Angele, B., Laishley, A.E., Rayner, K. and Liversedge, S.P.

Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition

Volume: 40

Issue: 4

Pages: 1181-1203

eISSN: 1939-1285

ISSN: 0278-7393

DOI: 10.1037/a0036396

Abstract:

In a previous gaze-contingent boundary experiment, Angele and Rayner (2013) found that readers are likely to skip a word that appears to be the definite article the even when syntactic constraints do not allow for articles to occur in that position. In the present study, we investigated whether the word frequency of the preview of a 3-letter target word influences a reader's decision to fixate or skip that word. We found that the word frequency rather than the felicitousness (syntactic fit) of the preview affected how often the upcoming word was skipped. These results indicate that visual information about the upcoming word trumps information from the sentence context when it comes to making a skipping decision. Skipping parafoveal instances of the therefore may simply be an extreme case of skipping high-frequency words.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21361/

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The effect of high- and low-frequency previews and sentential fit on word skipping during reading

Authors: Angele, B., Laishley, A.E., Rayner, K. and Liversedge, S.P.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Volume: 40

Issue: 4

Pages: 1181-1203

ISSN: 0278-7393

Abstract:

In a previous gaze-contingent boundary experiment, Angele and Rayner (2013) found that readers are likely to skip a word that appears to be the definite article the even when syntactic constraints do not allow for articles to occur in that position. In the present study, we investigated whether the word frequency of the preview of a 3-letter target word influences a reader’s decision to fixate or skip that word. We found that the word frequency rather than the felicitousness (syntactic fit) of the preview affected how often the upcoming word was skipped. These results indicate that visual information about the upcoming word trumps information from the sentence context when it comes to making a skipping decision. Skipping parafoveal instances of the therefore may simply be an extreme case of skipping high-frequency words.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21361/

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