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Implicit prosody and parsing in silent reading
Author(s) -
WebmanShafran Ronit
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of research in reading
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.077
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1467-9817
pISSN - 0141-0423
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9817.12124
Subject(s) - prosody , psychology , reading (process) , parsing , linguistics , reading comprehension , phrase , comprehension , cognitive psychology , natural language processing , computer science , philosophy
Background The current study explored the effect of implicit prosody on syntactic parsing in the silent reading of an ambiguous double prepositional phrase (PP) construction in Hebrew by employing the Implicit Prosody Hypothesis test (Fodor, [Fodor, J.D., 2002]). Method The parsing preferences of the construction in silent reading were tested and compared to those in a reading aloud study (Webman‐Shafran & Fodor, [Webman‐Shafran, R., 2016]) containing the same experimental material. Results The parsing results were remarkably similar. Conclusions It is suggested that implicit prosody was responsible for syntactic ambiguity resolution preferences in silent reading in the current study in the same way as overt prosody in reading aloud in Webman‐Shafran and Fodor ([Webman‐Shafran, R., 2016]). This study supports the assumption that reading prosody is projected in silent reading and affects comprehension. Implications The contribution of implicit prosody to the reading process may have important implications for reading instruction in FLA, SLA and reading disorder intervention programs.