Syntactic Information Extraction in the Parafovea: Evidence from Two-Character Phrases in Chinese
This study investigates syntactic parafoveal processing in Chinese reading using a boundary paradigm with two-character verb–object phrases. Participants (N = 120 undergraduates) viewed sentences with manipulated previews (identity, syntactically consistent, and inconsistent previews). Results showe...
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| description | This study investigates syntactic parafoveal processing in Chinese reading using a boundary paradigm with two-character verb–object phrases. Participants (N = 120 undergraduates) viewed sentences with manipulated previews (identity, syntactically consistent, and inconsistent previews). Results showed a selective syntactic preview effect: syntactical violations reduced target word skipping rates, but fixation durations remained unaffected. This dissociation contrasts with robust syntactic preview benefits observed in alphabetic languages, highlighting how Chinese’s lack of morphological markers constrains parafoveal processing. The findings challenge parallel processing models while supporting language-specific modulation of universal cognitive mechanisms. Our results advance understanding of hierarchical information extraction in reading, with implications for developing cross-linguistic reading models. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b65f7ec6d45845cf87f80c2b478eb29b2025-08-20T02:45:53ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2025-07-0115793510.3390/bs15070935Syntactic Information Extraction in the Parafovea: Evidence from Two-Character Phrases in ChineseZijia Lu0School of Law, Tianjin University of Commerce, No. 409, Guangrongdao Road, Tianjin 300134, ChinaThis study investigates syntactic parafoveal processing in Chinese reading using a boundary paradigm with two-character verb–object phrases. Participants (N = 120 undergraduates) viewed sentences with manipulated previews (identity, syntactically consistent, and inconsistent previews). Results showed a selective syntactic preview effect: syntactical violations reduced target word skipping rates, but fixation durations remained unaffected. This dissociation contrasts with robust syntactic preview benefits observed in alphabetic languages, highlighting how Chinese’s lack of morphological markers constrains parafoveal processing. The findings challenge parallel processing models while supporting language-specific modulation of universal cognitive mechanisms. Our results advance understanding of hierarchical information extraction in reading, with implications for developing cross-linguistic reading models.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/7/935parafoveal previewsyntactic processingChinese readingeye movements |
| spellingShingle | Zijia Lu Syntactic Information Extraction in the Parafovea: Evidence from Two-Character Phrases in Chinese Behavioral Sciences parafoveal preview syntactic processing Chinese reading eye movements |
| title | Syntactic Information Extraction in the Parafovea: Evidence from Two-Character Phrases in Chinese |
| title_full | Syntactic Information Extraction in the Parafovea: Evidence from Two-Character Phrases in Chinese |
| title_fullStr | Syntactic Information Extraction in the Parafovea: Evidence from Two-Character Phrases in Chinese |
| title_full_unstemmed | Syntactic Information Extraction in the Parafovea: Evidence from Two-Character Phrases in Chinese |
| title_short | Syntactic Information Extraction in the Parafovea: Evidence from Two-Character Phrases in Chinese |
| title_sort | syntactic information extraction in the parafovea evidence from two character phrases in chinese |
| topic | parafoveal preview syntactic processing Chinese reading eye movements |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/7/935 |
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