Eye-movement reveals word order effects on comparative sentences in older adults using a verb-final language.

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 l

SUBMITTER: Hwang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11002905 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature