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Peer reviewedMcDonald, Janet L.; And Others – Cognitive Psychology, 1993
The effects of 3 factors with reputed control over the word-order options allowed by English grammar (animacy, word length, and prosody) were studied in recall and judgment tasks performed by 850 undergraduates in 7 experiments. Findings suggest a preeminent role of conceptual factors in word order. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, English, Grammar, Higher Education
