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Text produced so far VI (BOF project 2011-2014)
Text produced so far V (Leverhulme fellowship Staffordshire University 2008)
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| Text produced so far I-IV |
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| Further reading:
Leijten, M., De Maeyer, S., & Van Waes, L. (2011). Coordinating sentence composition with error correction: A multilevel analysis. Journal of Writing Research, 2(3), 331-363. | PDF
Leijten, M., Van Waes, L., & Ransdell, S. (2010). Correcting Text Production Errors: Isolating the Effects of Writing Mode From Error Span, Input Mode, and Lexicality. Written Communication, 27(2), 189-227. | DOI: 10.1177/0741088309359139 |PDF
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The influence of the text produced so far on writing processes of professional writers.
Promotors: Mariëlle Leijten & Luuk Van Waes, University of Antwerp | David Galbraith, Staffordshire University
Funding: Collaboration Staffordshire University
Budget: 8000 euro
Period: 2008-2011
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In this research we investigate how professional writers manage the balance between monitoring previous text an generating further text, writers are asked to generate sentence completions while at the same time monitoring and correcting errors in the sentence stem. Previous research has found that writers vary widely in the extent to which they prioritise the sentence completion part of the task or the error correcting part of the task. This study will use a modified version of this task to examine whether theses differences are related to the working memory capacity of writers and to individual differences in self-monitoring style. Eye movements will be analysed to determine how writers allocate their attention during the task. Data will be used to calculate an index of the writers' processing style.
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Writing & Speech Recogntion: observing error correction strategies of professional writers.
PhD-project Mariëlle Leijten
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The influence of Voice Recognition on the Writing Process: Cognitive and Stylistic Effects of Speech Technology on Writing Business Texts
Promotor: prof. dr. L. Van Waes
Researchers: Ivy Ackerman & Thomas Quinlan
Period: 2002-2004 & 2006
Funding: BOF/NOI-project van de Universiteit Antwerpen
Budget: ± 110 000 euro
In this research project we focus on the one hand on elements that characterise the writing processes by comparing the writing processes of writers with different learning styles and different writing experience. On the other hand, we would like to contribute to the fundamental theory building on cognitive writing processes by describing universal cognitive processes raised in our study.
In a first study we explored the writing behaviour of initial users of speech recognition systems. By opposing people WITH dictating experience to people with NO previous dictating experience, we found that there is not only a difference in the amount of speech used, but also in the organisation of the writing process. Writers with NO previous dictating experience, for example, use more speech and use it in a more constant pattern than writers WITH dictating experience.
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