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Preview benefit in English spaced compounds

Preview benefit in English spaced compounds
Preview benefit in English spaced compounds
In an eye tracking experiment during reading we examined whether preview benefit could be observed from 2 words to the right of the currently fixated word if that word was the 2nd constituent of a spaced compound. The boundary paradigm (Rayner, 1975) was used to orthogonally manipulate whether participants saw an identity or nonword preview of the 1st (e.g., teddy) and 2nd constituent (e.g., bear) of a spaced compound located immediately beyond the boundary, respectively, words n + 1 and n + 2. Linear mixed-effects models revealed that participants gained an n + 2 preview benefit, such that they spent less time fixated on word n + 1 when given an identity preview of word n + 2. However, this effect was only observed if there was also an identity preview of word n + 1. Our findings suggest that the 2 constituent words of spaced compounds are processed as part of a larger lexical unit during natural reading.
0278-7393
1778-1786
Cutter, Michael G.
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Drieghe, Denis
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Liversedge, Simon P.
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Cutter, Michael G.
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Drieghe, Denis
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Liversedge, Simon P.
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Cutter, Michael G., Drieghe, Denis and Liversedge, Simon P. (2014) Preview benefit in English spaced compounds. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition, 40 (6), 1778-1786. (doi:10.1037/xlm0000013). (PMID:24707785)

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In an eye tracking experiment during reading we examined whether preview benefit could be observed from 2 words to the right of the currently fixated word if that word was the 2nd constituent of a spaced compound. The boundary paradigm (Rayner, 1975) was used to orthogonally manipulate whether participants saw an identity or nonword preview of the 1st (e.g., teddy) and 2nd constituent (e.g., bear) of a spaced compound located immediately beyond the boundary, respectively, words n + 1 and n + 2. Linear mixed-effects models revealed that participants gained an n + 2 preview benefit, such that they spent less time fixated on word n + 1 when given an identity preview of word n + 2. However, this effect was only observed if there was also an identity preview of word n + 1. Our findings suggest that the 2 constituent words of spaced compounds are processed as part of a larger lexical unit during natural reading.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2014
Published date: November 2014
Organisations: Cognition

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Local EPrints ID: 363365
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/363365
ISSN: 0278-7393
PURE UUID: f6bb190d-e069-4530-96dc-a2aade39e929
ORCID for Denis Drieghe: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9630-8410

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Date deposited: 24 Mar 2014 16:33
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:34

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Author: Michael G. Cutter
Author: Denis Drieghe ORCID iD
Author: Simon P. Liversedge

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