Table 1
Annotation layers and categories with number of annotations per category (presence or negation of the category) and proportions (in percentages) of the overall number of annotations of each category per review: the English and the German AbsORB corpora. Note. 12.15% of English reviews did not include any annotations and 3.64% of German reviews did not include any annotations.
| STATEMENT | ENGLISH ABSORPTION PRESENT | GERMAN ABSORPTION PRESENT | ENGLISH ABSORPTION NEGATED | GERMAN ABSORPTION NEGATED | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attention | A1 While reading time moved differently | 3 (0.61%) | 6 (1.21%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| A2 My attention was focused on the book | 10 (2.02%) | 4 (0.61%) | 2 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| A3 I was absorbed by the book | 186 (29.55%) | 282 (43.32%) | 8 (1.01%) | 33 (6.07%) | |
| A4 I was not distracted while reading | 3 (0.4%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.4%) | 10 (0%) | |
| A5 While reading I forgot the world around me | 16 (3.04%) | 2 (0.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| A6 I wanted to know what would happen next | 108 (18.42%) | 152 (25.3%) | 3 (0.61%) | 24 (4.25%) | |
| A7 I did not want to put the book down | 145 (21.86%) | 136 (24.7%) | 5 (0.81%) | 23 (3.85%) | |
| Emotional Engagement | EE1 I could imagine what it must be like to be this character | 35 (5.47%) | 45 (8.5%) | 0 (0%) | 13 (2.63%) |
| EE2 I sympathized with this character | 53 (8.91%) | 23 (4.66%) | 4 (0.81%) | 4 (0.81%) | |
| EE3 I felt a connection to this character | 69 (10.32%) | 115 (19.84%) | 10 (1.82%) | 15 (2.83%) | |
| EE4 I felt how this character was feeling | 72 (10.73%) | 67 (13.16%) | 1 (0.2%) | 3 (0.61%) | |
| EE5 I felt for what happened in the story | 79 (11.34%) | 84 (14.17%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (0.61%) | |
| EE6 I felt angry at the character | 19 (3.85%) | 11 (2.23%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | |
| EE7 I felt scared for the character | 5 (0.81%) | 6 (1.21%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| EE8 I felt like I knew this character | 11 (2.23%) | 22 (4.45%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| EE9 I wish I could be more like this character | 8 (1.01%) | 5 (1.01%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| EE10 I understood why this character did this | 26 (4.86%) | 48 (8.5%) | 5 (1.01%) | 22 (4.25%) | |
| EE11 I want to have some kind of relationship with this character | 79 (11.94%) | 22 (3.64%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| EE12 I wanted to involve myself in the story events | 42 (6.88%) | 10 (2.02%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Mental Imagery | MS1 I could imagine what the characters looked like | 15 (2.63%) | 7 (1.42%) | 3 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) |
| MS2 I could see the story events clearly in my mind | 20 (4.05%) | 8 (1.62%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| MS3 I could imagine what the story world looked like | 25 (4.45%) | 51 (9.92%) | 2 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | |
| MS4 The character/story world felt real to me | 73 (12.75%) | 61 (11.54%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (1.62%) | |
| Transportation | T1 While reading this I was in the story world | 13 (2.63%) | 18 (3.24%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| T2 Elements from the story world came into my world | 14 (2.43%) | 8 (1.42%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| T3 The story world felt close to me | 4 (0.4%) | 15 (2.83%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| T4 I felt transported to the story world | 19 (3.64%) | 54 (9.11%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| T5 I felt part of the story world | 34 (5.26%) | 23 (4.45%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
| T6 I returned from a trip to the story world | 3 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| T7 I traveled with the characters through the story world | 26 (5.06%) | 30 (5.67%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Impact | IM1 It was an easy read/I devoured this book | 68 (11.94%) | 100 (18.02%) | 40 (6.88%) | 79 (13.16%) |
| IM2 I will reread this book/I have reread this book | 112 (18.22%) | 26 (4.45%) | 4 (0.61%) | 2 (0.4%) | |
| IM3 I cannot wait to see how this story unfolds in the next book | 167 (25.71%) | 176 (30.16%) | 3 (0.61%) | 4(0.81%) | |
| IM4 I am addicted to this book/I cannot get enough | 89 (14.17%) | 21 (3.85%) | 2 (0.4%) | 1(0.2%) | |
| IM5 This book stayed with me | 192 (24.09%) | 83 (14.37%) | 2 (0.4%) | 2 (0.4%) |