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Lyu, Siqi; Tu, Jung-Yueh; Lin, Chien-Jer Charles – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
In this study participants read plausible and implausible sentences containing concessive and causal relations in Chinese, for instance, "[Although/Because] he has a talent for language, he [doesn't like/likes] learning English." In two self-paced reading experiments (Experiments 1 and 2), we consistently found the plausibility effect at…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Reading Processes, Sentences, Reading Rate
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Xu, Xiaodong; Chen, Qingrong; Panther, Klaus-Uwe; Wu, Yicheng – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2018
This study investigates the influence of causal and concessive relations on discourse coherence in Chinese by means of eye movement and self-paced reading techniques. We use the sentential structure like "NP[subscript HUMAN] moved from place A to place B, {because ([Chinese characters omitted] yinwei) /although ([Chinese characters omitted]…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Pacing, Reading Instruction, Comparative Analysis