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Prediction of Word Forms during Language Comprehension
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Oines, Leif – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In conversation or during reading, we sometimes find ourselves making predictions about the identity of an upcoming word or phrase. This phenomenon has been reflected in the results of laboratory experiments that show changes in eye gaze patterns or the Electroencephalogram (EEG) "prior" to encountering a predicted word. However,…
Descriptors: Prediction, Reading Comprehension, Word Recognition, Associative Learning
Survey and Sociolinguistic Variation Analysis of Kaqchikel Word Associations
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Moore, Rebecca J. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation centers on the study of Kaqchikel word associations and the social variation that exists within them. Theoretical and methodological considerations for this project stem from the fields of psycholinguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, and cognitive linguistics. Together, these form an approach that fits within a blossoming…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Foreign Countries, American Indian Languages
Form-Meaning Interactions: Effects of Phonology on Semantic Judgements in Monolingual and Bilingual Language Processing
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Siqi Ning – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Language can alter our mental conceptions of space, time, and categories. While there is compelling evidence that thought can be shaped by syntactic, morphological, and lexical features of a language, less is known about the impact of phonology on thought. This dissertation uses novel objects (alien cartoon figures) and pseudoword names in three…
Descriptors: Grammar, Semantics, Phonology, Color
Perceptual Learning Styles Modalities Utilizing the Multimodal Paired Associates Learning Test: An Analysis of Latinos Born in Central and South America
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Ramirez, Matias – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Businesses and Human Resources professionals face the ongoing challenge of continuously upskilling and developing employees. Changes to processes or procedures, changes in technology, changes in job functions, and updates or changes to compliance laws or regulations are all reasons that employees must attend and complete employer-developed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Associative Learning, Tests, Employers
The Bridge: Linking Mood Induction, Self-Report, and Psychophysiology to Vocabulary Learning on a Paired-Associates Learning Task
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Fox, Jessica Kate – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Researchers in the field of second language acquisition continue to establish links between cognition and emotion (Dewaele, 2013; MacIntyre, 2002; MacIntyre & Gardner, 1989, 1991b, 1994; Segalowitz & Trofimovich, 2011). The purpose of the present study is to investigate to what extent physiological and self-report measures predict…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Schemata (Cognition)
First and Second Generation New York City Bilinguals: What Is the Role of Input in Their Collocational Knowledge of English and Spanish?
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Heidrick, Ingrid T. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study compares monolinguals and different kinds of bilinguals with respect to their knowledge of the type of lexical phenomenon known as collocation. Collocations are word combinations that speakers use recurrently, forming the basis of conventionalized lexical patterns that are shared by a linguistic community. Examples of collocations…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Bilingualism, Monolingualism, Spanish