Reading and Language Processing

John M. Henderson, Murray Singer, Fernanda Ferreira

• Contents: M. Singer, J.M. Henderson, F. Ferreira, Reading and Language Processing: Paradigms, Proposals, and Procedures. L. Buchanan, D. Besner, Reading Aloud: Evidence for the Use of a Whole Word Nonsemantic Pathway. M. Daneman, E. Reingold, What Eye Fixations Tell Us About Phonological Recoding During Reading. A. Pollatsek, G.E. Raney, L. Lagasse, K. Rayner, The Use of Information Below Fixation in Reading and in Visual Search. J.M. Henderson, F. Ferreira, Eye Movement Control During Reading: Fixation Measures Reflect Foveal but Not Parafoveal Processing Difficulty. C. Clifton, Jr., Thematic Roles in Sentence Parsing. F. Ferreira, J.M. Henderson, Reading Processes During Syntactic Analysis and Reanalysis. M.J. Spivey-Knowlton, J.C. Trueswell, M.K. Tanenhaus, Context Effects in Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution: Discourse and Semantic Influences in Parsing Reduced Relative Clauses. M.A. Just, P.A. Carpenter, The Intensity Dimension of Thought: Pupillometric Indices of Sentence Processing. M. Singer, Causal Bridging Inferences: Validating Consistent and Inconsistent Sequences. J.E. Moravcsik, W. Kintsch, Writing Quality, Reading Skills, and Domain Knowledge as Factors in Text Comprehension. P. Dixon, K. Harrison, D. Taylor, Effects of Sentence Form on the Construction of Mental Plans from Procedural Discourse. B.A. Levy, L. Barnes, L. Martin, Transfer of Fluency Across Repetitions and Across Texts. M.E.J. Masson, Episodically Enhanced Comprehension Fluency. F. Ferreira, J.M. Henderson, M. Singer, Reading and Language Processing: Similarities and Differences.

"This volume presents a wealth of cutting-edge "pure" research, much of which will be of definite interest to the second language acquisition researcher. It is particularly useful as an introduction to current experimental designs using recent technology to track eye movement and/or as an introduction to the extensive research in cognitive psychology using "garden-path" tasks."—Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language"This volume sets forth an excellent overview of cutting-edge research in reading and language processing and illuminates many of the controversial issues related to human cognition....The great strengths of the book lie in its thematic coherence, balanced topical coverage, and consistent quality of the work presented. It will serve as a valuable reference for those interested in the cognitive aspects of language processing."—Studies in Second Language"The articles are written clearly and completely enough to be understood by someone with minimal cognitive science background. References, arguments and limitations appear to be well-presented; the conclusions and suggestions seem relevant and applicable to many fields relating to reading and/or to language processing."—The Phonetician"This book contains a number of interesting chapters related to written language processing. The book comprises studies that are likely to stand up in the literature and thus influence future research."—European Journal of Cognitive Psychology