The Influence of Sentence Constraint on The Processing of Upcoming Words
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description: The influence of the strength of readers' word-level expectancies on the processing of upcoming words was investigated. Highly constraining sentences yield larger facilitation than do lesser constraining contexts (Fischler & Bloom, 1979). Facilitation is generally greater for more expected than less expected words (Kleiman, 1980). Since sentences in text vary in constraint and expected words are not always encountered, experiments were performed to determine how constraint influences the range of alternatives that are readily processed.
abstract: The influence of the strength of readers' word-level expectancies on the processing of upcoming words was investigated. Highly constraining sentences yield larger facilitation than do lesser constraining contexts (Fischler & Bloom, 1979). Facilitation is generally greater for more expected than less expected words (Kleiman, 1980). Since sentences in text vary in constraint and expected words are not always encountered, experiments were performed to determine how constraint influences the range of alternatives that are readily processed.
author: Schwanenflugel, Paula Joan
keywords: Psychology, Experimental
date published: 2014-12-15T19:45:42Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:01Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/69626