Table 1.

Examples of the prose stimuli used in the word monitoring task

Prose type	Target word position	Spoken sequence (target word in capitals)
Normal prose	Early	Jane didn't enjoy herself very much. Her NECK was stiff because she had a bad cold and she couldn't lift anything properly.
	Late	I saw Bob in the library yesterday. He was trying to find the name of the TREE he planted last year.
Anomalous prose	Early	Stephen didn't catch himself very much. Her TOOTH was driven because he had a weak nail and she couldn't heat anyone properly.
	Late	He set Richard up the sleep yesterday. She was writing to use the college of a FISH she opened last week.
Random word order	Early	Very Stephen catch much himself didn't. Her NOSE because properly had anyone couldn't he and nail weak a heat driven was.
	Late	The set he yesterday sleep Richard up. Use was college a to writing she of ROAD last opened she week.