How important are linguistic factors in word skipping during reading?

The probability of skipping a word is influenced by its processing ease. For instance, a word that is predictable from the preceding context is skipped more often than an unpredictable word. A meta-analysis of studies examining this predictability effect reported effect sizes ranging from 0 to 13%,...

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Main Authors: Drieghe, Denis (Author), Desmet, Timothy (Author), Brysbaert, Marc (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2007-02.
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