Prosody in skilled silent reading: Evidence from eye movements

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 318-333

  Ashby, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Lexical stress; Prosody; Reading; Syllable

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745975826     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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