ERIC Number: EJ1184587
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Aug
Pages: 18
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Implicit Prosody and Parsing in Silent Reading
Journal of Research in Reading, v41 n3 p546-563 Aug 2018
Background: The current study explored the effect of implicit prosody on syntactic parsing in the silent reading of an ambiguous double prepositional phrase (PP) construction in Hebrew by employing the Implicit Prosody Hypothesis test (Fodor, 2002). Method: The parsing preferences of the construction in silent reading were tested and compared to those in a reading aloud study (Webman-Shafran & Fodor, 2016) containing the same experimental material. Results: The parsing results were remarkably similar. Conclusions: It is suggested that implicit prosody was responsible for syntactic ambiguity resolution preferences in silent reading in the current study in the same way as overt prosody in reading aloud in Webman-Shafran and Fodor (2016). This study supports the assumption that reading prosody is projected in silent reading and affects comprehension. Implications: The contribution of implicit prosody to the reading process may have important implications for reading instruction in FLA, SLA and reading disorder intervention programs.
Descriptors: Intonation, Sustained Silent Reading, Suprasegmentals, Syntax, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Ambiguity (Semantics), Preferences, Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Oral Reading, Reading Processes, Hypothesis Testing, Linguistic Theory, Semitic Languages
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Language: English
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