Naslov
Exploring the influence of temporal discontinuities in narrative text using eye tracking

Autori
Bubić, Andreja ; Sušac, Ana ; Palmović, Marijan

Izvornik
Language sciences (0388-0001) 48 (2015); 16-21

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Eye tracking; Language comprehension; Situational models; Temporal processing

Sažetak
One prominent question in the field of language comprehension concerns the dynamics of constructing and updating mental models while reading narratives, especially with respect to dealing with sudden event boundaries that often occur after encountering temporal changes. The present study investigated the influence of introducing temporal discontinuities of different length within short stories using eye tracking. It compared participants' reading times and several eye-movement parameters associated with reading narratives in which either a short or long time shift was presented. The obtained results indicated longer reading times for stories containing a long time shift, which were also characterized by a larger number of fixations. Processing the encountered temporal discontinuities and the text presented prior to the temporal adverbial phrase was more demanding than processing the remaining part of the text. Furthermore, this effect was more pronounced for stories containing a long time shift than those incorporating a short time shift.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija, Filologija

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