When estimating the influence of sentence complexity on reading, researchers typically opt for one two main approaches: Measuring syntactic (SC) or transitional probability (TP). Comparisons predictive power both approaches have yielded mixed results. To address this inconsistency, we conducted a self-paced reading experiment. Participants read sentences varying complexity. From alternatives, s...

The chairman’s statement of the corporate annual report plays an important role in informing decision-making investors. Thus, it is often targeted at international audience. present study compares syntactic complexity translated statements (Chinese to English) and non-translated ones (English), determine that translation conveying message. results show are significantly simpler subordination as...

Following up on an earlier positron emission tomography (PET) experiment (Indefrey et al., 2001), we used a scene description paradigm to investigate whether a posterior inferior frontal region subserving syntactic encoding for speaking is also involved in syntactic parsing during listening. In the language production part of the experiment, subjects described visually presented scenes using ei...