Abstract
Processing studies suggest that when readers encounter an implicit causality (IC) verb, they quickly generate predictions about the upcoming discourse. In off-line studies, we found that restrictive relative clauses (RCs) can satisfy IC biases if a causal relation can be inferred between the RC and its matrix clause. In this eyetracking-while-reading experiment, we examine how fast language users update that discourse-level expectations have been met by an RC and how fast this updating takes place.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Event | 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse - Brighton, United Kingdom Duration: 17 Jul 2018 → 19 Jul 2018 |
Conference
| Conference | 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse |
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| Abbreviated title | STD 2018 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Brighton |
| Period | 17/07/18 → 19/07/18 |