Punctuation and intonation effects on clause and sentence wrap-up: Evidence from eye movements

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-443

  Hirotani, Masako ^a,b   Frazier, Lyn ^a   Rayner, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clause wrap up; Eye movements; Intonation; Reading; Sentence wrap up

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244494637     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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