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Nix, Don – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1978
Describes a means of characterizing one of many semantic aspects of young children's comprehension ("necessity for linking"). This semantic aspect is then used to experimentally clarify sentence processing results that are ambiguous at the syntactic level. (HOD)
Descriptors: Grade 3, Language Processing, Language Research, Primary Education

Mosenthal, Peter – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1978
The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not children in grades two, four, and six make consistent use of Haviland and Clark's Given-New Strategy in visually and aurally comprehending presuppositive negatives. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Educational Research

Carver, Ronald P. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1993
Merges the Simple View of reading with rauding theory by advancing a revision, called Simple View II. Presents empirical evidence that, when the Simple View II is merged with rauding theory, the result is a theoretical framework which includes interrelationships among all of the important constructs involved in reading ability, for students in…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Language Processing

Geva, Esther; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1993
Tests the hypothesis that differences between first-language (L1) and second-language (L2) reading and spelling profiles could be accounted for by lack of proficiency in the L2 or differences in orthographic complexity. Finds that neither of these explanations alone sufficed to explain the development of reading and spelling in the two languages…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Decoding (Reading)