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Eye-movement reveals word order effects on comparative sentences in older adults using a verb-final language
- Title
- Eye-movement reveals word order effects on comparative sentences in older adults using a verb-final language
- Authors
- Hwang; Jihyun; Lee; Seunghun J.; Sung; Jee Eun
- Ewha Authors
- 성지은; 황지현
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 성지은; 황지현
- Issue Date
- 2024
- Journal Title
- Frontiers in Psychology
- ISSN
- 1664-1078
- Citation
- Frontiers in Psychology vol. 15
- Keywords
- aging; comparative sentence; eyetracking; sentence comprehension; verb-final language; visual world paradigm; word order
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Indexed
- SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Objectives: This study aimed to examine age-related differences in the comprehension of Korean comparative sentences with varying word orders by employing both offline and online measures, and to investigate how variations in word order affect sentence processing across different age groups. Methods: A total of 52 monolingual native Korean speakers, 26 young adults, and 26 older adults, completed a sentence-picture-matching task under two word order conditions: comparative-first and nominative-first. Offline measures included accuracy and response time, while an online method involved eye-tracking within the Visual World Paradigm. Data analyses were performed using linear and generalized linear mixed-effects models. Results: Older adults demonstrated lower accuracy and longer response times compared to younger individuals. Distinctive fixation patterns were observed, particularly in the sentential-final phrase, across different age groups. Specifically, nominative-first sentences elicited greater target advantage scores among younger adults, whereas older adults showed higher scores in comparative-first sentences. Conclusion: The study highlights the potential of comparative sentences in elucidating age-related changes in sentence comprehension. These differences were evident not only in offline tasks but also in real-time processing, as evidenced by eye-tracking data. The findings suggest distinct processing strategies employed by young and older adults and underscore the importance of considering both syntactic and semantic cues in sentence comprehension. Copyright © 2024 Hwang, Lee and Sung.
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1335536
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- 사범대학 > 언어병리학과 > Journal papers
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