Gutenberg Open Science: The effect of segmentation signs in compounds on reading behavior : an eye-tracking study

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dc.contributor.author	Deilen, Silvana	-
dc.contributor.author	Hansen-Schirra, Silvia	-
dc.contributor.author	Nagels, Arne	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-04T13:19:33Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-05-04T13:19:33Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8843	-
dc.description.abstract	Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of visual segmentation, complexity, and context on the cognitive processing of compounds in Easy Language. By presenting compounds in different boundary conditions, we determined whether a segmentation cue facilitates the processing of compounds presented with and without contextual information. The study was conducted with unimpaired adults and with hearing-impaired pupils, representing one of the Easy Language target groups. The results indicate that visual segmentation facilitates processing of compounds for pupils with low literacy skills. However, they only benefit from segmentation when morpheme boundaries are marked in a subtle way, i. e., without strikingly deviating from the standard version. Pupils with higher literacy skills and unimpaired adults do not profit from segmentation. Even though hyphenation slows down compound processing for unimpaired readers, initial processing advantages of hyphenated over concatenated compounds emerged, which is explained by the fact that hyphenation forces a morpheme-based access and enables fast recognition of the compound’s first constituent. However, it hinders readers from accessing the compound via the direct route and thus slows down the processing of the compound as a whole.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	400 Sprache	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	400 Language	en_GB
dc.title	The effect of segmentation signs in compounds on reading behavior : an eye-tracking study	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8827	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 05 Philosophie und Philologie	de
jgu.organisation.number	7920	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Lebende Sprachen	de
jgu.journal.volume	67	de
jgu.journal.issue	1	de
jgu.pages.start	45	de
jgu.pages.end	99	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	de Gruyter	de
jgu.publisher.place	Berlin	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1868-0267	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	400	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1515/les-2022-0003	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
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