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| Research article summary (published 27 Feb 2002): |
The extraction of structure during reading: evidence from reading prosody.
Full Abstract
According to the structural approach to reading, the extraction of structure precedes the analysis of meaning and paves the way for it. In this study, reading prosody was used to examine this proposition. Specifically, we tested the hypothesis that reading prosody produced on line reflects the early extraction of structure. In Experiment 1, readers were successful in assigning natural prosody to unfamiliar text immediately upon its reading. Experiment 2 showed that the prosodic patterns applied are tuned to the structure of the sentence and are largely indifferent to the content of the sentence or to its semantic coherence. The results join with other findings in speech production and comprehension in supporting the precedence of structure to meaning in reading.
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Author information
Author/s: Koriat, Asher (A); Greenberg, Seth N (SN); Kreiner, Hamutal (H);
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel. akoriat(-atsign-)research.haifa.ac.il
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Memory & cognition (Mem Cognit), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Mar; vol 30 (issue 2) : pp 270-80
Dates: Created 2002/05/30; Completed 2002/06/14; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12035889, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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