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David J Townsend¹

¹Department of Psychology, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, USA. townsendd@mail.montclair.edu

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

|April 12, 2012

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Aspectual coercion, which modifies sentence interpretation, was studied using eye movements. Coercive adverbs were found to increase eye fixation times, suggesting processing effort.

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Science
Linguistics

Background:

Sentence comprehension involves interpreting aspectual categories like processes and culminations.
Verbal modifiers can alter the interpretation of these aspectual categories, a phenomenon known as coercion.
Prior research indicated coercion affects decision times but not eye fixation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of aspectual coercion on eye movement patterns.
To determine if coercive adverbs influence reading time, specifically eye fixation duration.

Main Methods:

Participants read sentences containing coercive adverbs designed to elicit multiple event interpretations.
Eye movements were recorded, with adverbs placed at clause and line endings.
Analysis focused on fixation times in post-adverb regions and combined adverb/post-adverb regions.

Main Results:

Coercive adverbs significantly increased eye fixation time in the post-adverb region.
Combined analysis of adverb and post-adverb regions also showed increased fixation time due to coercive adverbs.
The study provides evidence that aspectual coercion impacts reading time.

Conclusions:

Aspectual coercion, triggered by adverbs, demonstrably increases processing time as measured by eye fixations.
Factors such as world knowledge, question types, and adverb placement may modulate the effects of aspectual coercion.
Findings contribute to understanding the cognitive mechanisms underlying sentence comprehension and aspectual processing.