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In:Experimental Arabic Linguistics
Edited by Dimitrios Ntelitheos and Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung
[Studies in Arabic Linguistics 10] 2021
► pp. 85–108

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Eye movements in Arabic reading

A Review of the current literature

ORCiD logo with link | Zayed University, UAE | University of Leicester, UK
ORCiD logo with link | Zayed University, UAE
ORCiD logo with link | University of Leicester, UK
Published online: 26 July 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sal.10.03alj
Abstract
Measures of eye movements provide a moment-by-moment account of the visual and cognitive processes that underlie normal reading. These measures have been used to develop detailed sophisticated computational models of eye movement control during reading, primarily based on research conducted with European languages such as English and German, which use the Roman orthography. However, relatively little is known about the mechanisms underlying eye movement control during reading for Semitic languages, such as Arabic, which have very different visual and linguistic characteristics. In this chapter, we provide an overview of eye movement research on reading, including research conducted to date on eye movements in Arabic reading. We consider whether current computational models can account for these findings and outline key theoretical questions that remain to be examined empirically.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Mechanisms of eye movement control in reading
  • 3.The Perceptual span for reading
  • 4.Word factors affecting the spatial and temporal characteristics of eye movements
  • 5.Parafoveal processing in reading
  • 6.Models of eye movement control in reading
  • 7.The Arabic writing system
  • 8.Eye movement research on Arabic reading
  • 9.Final comments and future directions
  • References
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