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Street, James A.; Dabrowska, Ewa – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2014
This article provides experimental evidence for the role of lexically specific representations in the processing of passive sentences and considerable education-related differences in comprehension of the passive construction. The experiment measured response time and decision accuracy of participants with high and low academic attainment using an…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Form Classes (Languages), Adults, Psycholinguistics
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Duran, Nicholas D.; Hall, Charles; McCarthy, Philip M.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2010
The words people use and the way they use them can reveal a great deal about their mental states when they attempt to deceive. The challenge for researchers is how to reliably distinguish the linguistic features that characterize these hidden states. In this study, we use a natural language processing tool called Coh-Metrix to evaluate deceptive…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Linguistics, Information Technology, Deception
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Bryant, Peter; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1990
Reports evidence from a longitudinal study showing that the relationship between children's sensitivity to rhyme and alliteration and their success in reading is highly specific and cannot be accounted for in terms of general language ability. (GLR)
Descriptors: Correlation, Intelligence Quotient, Language Aptitude, Language Research
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Watson, Rita – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1989
Analysis of videotapes of 19 parent-child dyads during bookreading when children were 2.5 years old, and subsequent analysis of the children's paradigmatic thought organization at 3.5 years, revealed a significant correlation between superordinate level labels in parents' talk and 3 measures of children's paradigmatic organization. (45 references)…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Discourse Analysis