Semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in Chinese reading: evidence from an eye-movement study
Background Numerous studies have confirmed that skilled readers can benefit from a semantically related preview word (i.e., semantic preview benefit, SPB), suggesting that readers can extract semantic information from the parafovea to achieve efficient reading. It is still under debate whether the o...
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| description | Background Numerous studies have confirmed that skilled readers can benefit from a semantically related preview word (i.e., semantic preview benefit, SPB), suggesting that readers can extract semantic information from the parafovea to achieve efficient reading. It is still under debate whether the occurrence of this benefit is because of the semantic association between the preview and target words or because of the contextual fit of the preview word in the sentence context. Methods Two independent factors, preview plausibility (preview plausible/implausible) and semantic relatedness (semantically related/unrelated), were manipulated, and we further strictly controlled for syntactic plausibility in the present study. Results The results showed that the first-pass reading times of the target words were significantly shorter in the plausible preview condition than in the implausible preview condition. However, the main effect of semantic relatedness was found only in the gaze duration measure. Discussion The pattern of results revealed that semantic plausibility affects the semantic preview benefit preferentially in Chinese reading, supporting the contextual fit account. Our findings have implications for a better understanding of parafoveal processing and provide empirical support for the eye-movement control model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a728f7b36af4fb6a3612ba1ea53bcff2023-12-03T10:29:57ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592023-05-0111e1529110.7717/peerj.15291Semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in Chinese reading: evidence from an eye-movement studyLijuan Zhang0Zhiwei Liu1Sainan Zhao2Jingxin Wang3Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, ChinaSchool of Education and Psychology, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, Sichuan, ChinaSchool of Education, Linyi University, Linyi, Shandong, ChinaFaculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, ChinaBackground Numerous studies have confirmed that skilled readers can benefit from a semantically related preview word (i.e., semantic preview benefit, SPB), suggesting that readers can extract semantic information from the parafovea to achieve efficient reading. It is still under debate whether the occurrence of this benefit is because of the semantic association between the preview and target words or because of the contextual fit of the preview word in the sentence context. Methods Two independent factors, preview plausibility (preview plausible/implausible) and semantic relatedness (semantically related/unrelated), were manipulated, and we further strictly controlled for syntactic plausibility in the present study. Results The results showed that the first-pass reading times of the target words were significantly shorter in the plausible preview condition than in the implausible preview condition. However, the main effect of semantic relatedness was found only in the gaze duration measure. Discussion The pattern of results revealed that semantic plausibility affects the semantic preview benefit preferentially in Chinese reading, supporting the contextual fit account. Our findings have implications for a better understanding of parafoveal processing and provide empirical support for the eye-movement control model.https://peerj.com/articles/15291.pdfSemantic preview benefitPlausibilityEye-movement readingChinese reading |
| spellingShingle | Lijuan Zhang Zhiwei Liu Sainan Zhao Jingxin Wang Semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in Chinese reading: evidence from an eye-movement study PeerJ Semantic preview benefit Plausibility Eye-movement reading Chinese reading |
| title | Semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in Chinese reading: evidence from an eye-movement study |
| title_full | Semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in Chinese reading: evidence from an eye-movement study |
| title_fullStr | Semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in Chinese reading: evidence from an eye-movement study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in Chinese reading: evidence from an eye-movement study |
| title_short | Semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in Chinese reading: evidence from an eye-movement study |
| title_sort | semantic plausibility preferentially affects the semantic preview benefit in chinese reading evidence from an eye movement study |
| topic | Semantic preview benefit Plausibility Eye-movement reading Chinese reading |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/15291.pdf |
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