Reading(,) with and without commas
Authors: Angele, B., Gutiérrez-Cordero, I., Perea, M. and Marcet, A.
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
eISSN: 1747-0226
ISSN: 1747-0218
DOI: 10.1177/17470218231200338
Abstract:All major writing systems mandate the use of commas to separate clauses and list items. However, casual writers often omit mandatory commas. Little empirical or theoretical research has been done on the effect that omitting mandatory commas has on eye movement control during reading. We present an eye-tracking experiment in Spanish, a language with a clear standard as to mandatory comma use. Sentences were presented with or without mandatory commas while readers’ eye movements were recorded. There was a local increase in the go-past time for the pre-comma region when commas were presented, which was balanced out by shorter first-pass and second-pass times on the subsequent regions. In global sentence reading time, there was no evidence for an advantage of presenting commas. These findings suggest that, even when commas are mandatory, their effect is primarily to shift when processing takes place rather than to facilitate processing overall.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/38966/
Source: Scopus
Reading(,) with and without commas.
Authors: Angele, B., Gutiérrez-Cordero, I., Perea, M. and Marcet, A.
Journal: Q J Exp Psychol (Hove)
Pages: 17470218231200338
eISSN: 1747-0226
DOI: 10.1177/17470218231200338
Abstract:All major writing systems mandate the use of commas to separate clauses and list items. However, casual writers often omit mandatory commas. Little empirical or theoretical research has been done on the effect that omitting mandatory commas has on eye movement control during reading. We present an eye-tracking experiment in Spanish, a language with a clear standard as to mandatory comma use. Sentences were presented with or without mandatory commas while readers' eye movements were recorded. There was a local increase in the go-past time for the pre-comma region when commas were presented, which was balanced out by shorter first-pass and second-pass times on the subsequent regions. In global sentence reading time, there was no evidence for an advantage of presenting commas. These findings suggest that, even when commas are mandatory, their effect is primarily to shift when processing takes place rather than to facilitate processing overall.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/38966/
Source: PubMed
Reading(,) with and without commas
Authors: Angele, B., Gutierrez-Cordero, I., Perea, M. and Marcet, A.
Journal: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
eISSN: 1747-0226
ISSN: 1747-0218
DOI: 10.1177/17470218231200338
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/38966/
Source: Web of Science (Lite)
Reading(,) with and without commas.
Authors: Angele, B., Gutiérrez-Cordero, I., Perea, M. and Marcet, A.
Journal: Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)
Pages: 17470218231200338
eISSN: 1747-0226
ISSN: 1747-0218
DOI: 10.1177/17470218231200338
Abstract:All major writing systems mandate the use of commas to separate clauses and list items. However, casual writers often omit mandatory commas. Little empirical or theoretical research has been done on the effect that omitting mandatory commas has on eye movement control during reading. We present an eye-tracking experiment in Spanish, a language with a clear standard as to mandatory comma use. Sentences were presented with or without mandatory commas while readers' eye movements were recorded. There was a local increase in the go-past time for the pre-comma region when commas were presented, which was balanced out by shorter first-pass and second-pass times on the subsequent regions. In global sentence reading time, there was no evidence for an advantage of presenting commas. These findings suggest that, even when commas are mandatory, their effect is primarily to shift when processing takes place rather than to facilitate processing overall.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/38966/
Source: Europe PubMed Central
Reading(,) with and without commas.
Authors: Angele, B., Gutiérrez-Cordero, I., Perea, M. and Marcet, A.
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
ISSN: 1747-0218
Abstract:All major writing systems mandate the use of commas to separate clauses and list items. However, casual writers often omit mandatory commas (Lunsford & Lunsford, 2008). Little empirical or theoretical research has been done on the effect that omitting mandatory commas has on eye movement control during reading. We present an eye-tracking experiment in Spanish, a language with a clear standard as to mandatory comma use. Sentences were presented with or without mandatory commas while readers' eye movements were recorded. There was a local increase in in go-past time for the pre-comma region when commas were presented, which was balanced out by shorter first-pass and second-pass times on the subsequent regions. In global sentence reading time, there was no evidence for an advantage of presenting commas. These findings suggest that, even when commas are mandatory, their effect is to shift when processing takes place rather than to facilitate processing overall.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/38966/
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