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.