Journal article
The influence of word function in the missing-letter effect: Further evidence from French
Abstract
When asked to detect target letters while reading continuous text, subjects miss more letters in highly common function words than in less common content words. This is known as themissing-letter effect. According to the structural account, the higher omission rates for frequent function words are attributable to their role in supporting the extraction of phrase structure, after which they become lost in the transition from structure to …
Authors
Saint-Aubin J; Poirier M
Journal
Memory & Cognition, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 666–676
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
September 1997
DOI
10.3758/bf03211308
ISSN
0090-502X