Abstract
The present study examined the role of articulatory movement and speech feedback in oral reading, focusing on the retention of word order and particles, which is critical for the construction of propositional representations in Japanese sentences. Participants in the study (32 adults) were asked to read sentences delete with or without articulatory movements and speech feedback, specifically, either silent reading, listening, silent mouthing, or oral reading, after which they completed judgment and recognition tasks. The results showed that articulatory movements subserve a function in the retention of word-order information in sentences and in the construction of propositional representations, whereas speech feedback facilitates complementary information processing in sentence comprehension.
