ABSTRACT
Paper-and-pencil studies have provided ample evidence about the benefit of repeated exposure on the amount and quality of vocabulary learning. Eye-movement investigations on reading behavior documented cognitive effects of repetition on lexical processing and associated vocabulary learning with processing patterns in the light of the eye-mind link hypothesis. This chapter provides the two strands together by testing the hypothesis that the amount of attention to novel words over repeated encounters can predict readers' incidental acquisition of multiple aspects of vocabulary knowledge. In second language vocabulary research, there is a widely held view that lexical development can occur incidentally, particularly from reading. The chapter provides insights in second language acquisition (SLA) vocabulary research and extends further understanding of the cognitive aspects of incidental vocabulary acquisition. The fact that different eye measures predicted different vocabulary knowledge outcomes points to a possible interaction between encounters and context richness or the level of predictability of individual tokens within the text.
