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Causal and Semantic Relations in Second Language Discourse Processing: An Eye-Tracking Study

EasyChair Preprint no. 3853

14 pagesDate: July 13, 2020

Abstract

This study investigated how causal and semantic relatedness between sentences affects second language discourse processing as reflected by eye movements. Japanese learners of English read two-sentence texts varying in causal and semantic relatedness and their eye movements were recorded. Linear mixed-effects models of eye movement measures revealed that causal relatedness has a robust impact on both fixation durations and lookback frequency, whereas the effects of semantic relatedness are modulated by causal relatedness and reading skill.

Keyphrases: coherence, discourse processing, eye tracking, Latent Semantic Analysis, narrative, Natural Language Processing, reading, second language

BibTeX entry
BibTeX does not have the right entry for preprints. This is a hack for producing the correct reference:
@Booklet{EasyChair:3853,
  author = {Shingo Nahatame},
  title = {Causal and Semantic Relations in Second Language Discourse Processing: An Eye-Tracking Study},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 3853},

  year = {EasyChair, 2020}}
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