Investigating the effects of background knowledge on Chinese word processing during text reading: Evidence from eye movements

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL1, 2014, Pages

  Jian, Yu Cin ^a   Ko, Hwa Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84896315239     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2012.01534.x     Document Type: Article

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