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Direct linkHirotani, Masako; Frazier, Lyn; Rayner, Keith – Journal of Memory and Language, 2006
Three eye movement studies examined the role of punctuation in reading. In Experiment 1, although a comma at the end of a clause facilitated overall reading times for the sentence, first pass times were longer at the end of comma-marked clauses than clauses without a comma (or the same material in clause medial position). The data supported the…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Sentences, Punctuation, Intonation
