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Bock, Kathryn – American Psychologist, 1990
Reviews psycholinguistic theories on the relationship between structure and function in language production. Criticizes the theory that sentence structures are reducible to the general forces of cognition that drive interpretation and communication. Argues that syntactic structures are necessary elements in an explanation of language use. (FMW)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Language Processing, Language Research, Language Usage