Expectations from relative clauses: Real-time coherence updates in discourse processing

When processing a text, comprehenders use available cues to anticipate both upcoming content and the dependencies that comprise the structure of the growing discourse. In an eye-tracking while reading experiment, we test discourse updating in passages in which dependencies are implicit and the segme...

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Published in:Cognition 2021-05, Vol.210, p.104581-104581, Article 104581
Main Authors: Hoek, Jet, Rohde, Hannah, Evers-Vermeul, Jacqueline, Sanders, Ted J.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coherence
Cues
Discourse
Eye tracking
Relative clauses
Tracking
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Summary:When processing a text, comprehenders use available cues to anticipate both upcoming content and the dependencies that comprise the structure of the growing discourse. In an eye-tracking while reading experiment, we test discourse updating in passages in which dependencies are implicit and the segments convey content that is not required to participate in any coherence-driven inference. This study provides strong evidence of comprehenders' ability to build implicit non-obligatory discourse structure in real time.
ISSN:0010-0277
1873-7838
DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104581