Is preview benefit from word n + 2 a common effect in reading Chinese? Evidence from eye movements

Reading and Writing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1079-1091

  Yang, Jinmian ^a   Rayner, Keith ^a   Li, Nan ^b   Wang, Suiping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese reading; Eye movements; Preview benefit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860377037     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-010-9282-7     Document Type: Article

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