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| Autor/inn/en | Vogelzang, Margreet; Fuhrhop, Nanna; Mundhenk, Tobias; Ruigendijk, Esther |
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| Titel | Influence of Capitalisation and Presence of an Article in Noun Phrase Recognition in German: Evidence from Eye-Tracking |
| Quelle | In: Journal of Research in Reading, 46 (2023) 3, S.294-311 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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| Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Vogelzang, Margreet) ORCID (Fuhrhop, Nanna) |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0141-0423 |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9817.12425 |
| Schlagwörter | German; Nouns; Punctuation; Phrase Structure; Form Classes (Languages); Eye Movements; Language Processing; Cues; Reading Instruction; Teaching Methods; Reading Strategies; Adults; Reading Processes; Reading Rate |
| Abstract | Background: German is exceptional in its use of noun capitalisation. It has been suggested that sentence-internal capitalisation as in German may benefit processing by specifically marking a noun and thus a noun phrase (NP). However, other cues, such as a determiner, can also indicate an NP. The influence of capitalisation on processing may thus be context-dependent, that is, dependent on other cues. Precisely this context dependency is investigated in the current study: Is there an effect of capitalisation on reading and is this affected by the presence of other cues such as a determiner (specifically, an article)? Methods: We ran an eye-tracking study with 30 German-speaking adults, measuring fixations during sentence reading. Critical NPs either contained correctly capitalised nouns or not and were presented either with or without a determiner. Results: The results show that both the presence of capitalisation on the noun and the presence of a determiner led to faster reading. When no determiner was present to signal the NP, the presence of noun capitalisation aided reading most. Conclusions: From these results, we conclude that the influence of capitalisation is indeed context dependent: Capitalisation aids processing most when no other cue is present. Thus, different cues play a role in NP recognition. Based on these findings, we argue that noun capitalisation should not be studied in isolation. We argue that a better understanding of capitalisation as a reading aid is relevant for teaching reading strategies. (As Provided). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2024/1/01 |
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