TY - JOUR
T1 - Representing syllable information during silent reading
T2 - Evidence from eye movements
AU - Ashby, Jane
AU - Rayner, Keith
N1 - Funding Information:
The research reported here formed part of the first author’s master’s thesis at the University of Massachusetts. She was supported by Training Grant (MH16745) from the National Institute of Mental Health and by a Training Grant (HD07327) from the National Institute of Health. The research was also supported by Grants HD17246 and HD26765 from the National Institute of Health. We thank the other members of the master’s committee (Alexander Pollatsek and John Kingston), Charles Clifton, and two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper. Portions of the data were presented at the 2002 AMLAP Meeting and the 2002 Psychonomic Society Meeting.
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - Two eye movement experiments investigated the nature of the phonological representations used in reading English. Each tested whether sublexical, syllable information is part of that representation. Target words with CV-initial syllables (DE.MAND) or CVC-initial syllables (LAN.TERN) were preceded by primes that exactly matched or mismatched their initial syllable. In Experiment 1, the primes were presented foveally using a fast-priming technique. Target words of both types were read faster when preceded by a three-letter than a two-letter prime, and no effect of matching syllable information was observed. In Experiment 2, primes were presented parafoveally using a preview technique. First fixation durations were shorter on words which were preceded by a matching syllable preview than a mismatching preview. These results indicate that proficient readers do process sublexical, syllable information while reading, which provides evidence for a multi-layered phonological representation. The results of Experiments 1 and 2 suggest that syllable information is encoded as part of the memory processes that preserve information across saccades.
AB - Two eye movement experiments investigated the nature of the phonological representations used in reading English. Each tested whether sublexical, syllable information is part of that representation. Target words with CV-initial syllables (DE.MAND) or CVC-initial syllables (LAN.TERN) were preceded by primes that exactly matched or mismatched their initial syllable. In Experiment 1, the primes were presented foveally using a fast-priming technique. Target words of both types were read faster when preceded by a three-letter than a two-letter prime, and no effect of matching syllable information was observed. In Experiment 2, primes were presented parafoveally using a preview technique. First fixation durations were shorter on words which were preceded by a matching syllable preview than a mismatching preview. These results indicate that proficient readers do process sublexical, syllable information while reading, which provides evidence for a multi-layered phonological representation. The results of Experiments 1 and 2 suggest that syllable information is encoded as part of the memory processes that preserve information across saccades.
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U2 - 10.1080/01690960344000233
DO - 10.1080/01690960344000233
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:3042738425
VL - 19
SP - 391
EP - 426
JO - Language and Cognitive Processes
JF - Language and Cognitive Processes
SN - 0169-0965
IS - 3
ER -