Re: A stupid text trick - Example of the redundancy of English text

From: Ulrich Wurst (wurst_at_postamt.cc)
Date: 09/17/03 

Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 23:06:40 +0200

"LVB" <LvB@sdc.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:pan.2003.09.16.21.30.58.552825@sdc.net...
> I wonder how much is actually due to our understanding of the context,
> rather than the redundancy mentioned above?
>

Our DTP-guy mentioned that this has nothing to do with context but with the
brain's process of reading and understanding (he mentioned saccades,
fixations and regression-saccades. That was the point where I stopped
listening). He cited from "Just and Carpenter, 1987. The Psychology of
Reading an Language Comprehension" so if you are interested that is probably
what you should read.

Uli

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