Reading Poetry and Prose: Eye Movements and Acoustic Evidence

We examined genre-specific reading strategies for literary texts and hypothesized that text categorization (literary prose vs. poetry) modulates both how readers gather information from a (eye movements) they realize its phonetic surface form (speech production). recorded eye movements speech while college students (N = 32) orally read identical we categorized formatted as either or poetry. further varied the position of critical regions (text-initial text-medial) to compare is articulated with without context; this allowed us assess whether make differential use context information. observed genre-dependent differences in speaking tempo reflected several aspects articulation. Analyses interests revealed word-skipping increased particularly progressed through condition; rhythm was more pronounced poetry condition irrespective position. Our results characterize strategic reading, indicate adjustments behavior partly reflect form, shed light onto dynamics reading. They generally support theory comprehension assumes distinct processing modes incorporates an initial step.