Causal and Semantic Relations in Second Language Discourse Processing: An Eye-Tracking Study

EasyChair Preprint 3853

Abstract

This study investigated how causal and semantic relatedness between sentences affects second language discourse processing as reflected by eye movements. Japanese learners of English read two-sentence texts varying in causal and semantic relatedness and their eye movements were recorded. Linear mixed-effects models of eye movement measures revealed that causal relatedness has a robust impact on both fixation durations and lookback frequency, whereas the effects of semantic relatedness are modulated by causal relatedness and reading skill.

Keyphrases: Latent Semantic Analysis, Natural Language Processing, coherence, discourse processing, eye tracking, narrative, reading, second language

@booklet{EasyChair:3853,
  author    = {Shingo Nahatame},
  title     = {Causal and Semantic Relations in Second Language Discourse Processing: An Eye-Tracking Study},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 3853},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2020}}