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| Language Processing | 1 |
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| Journal of Verbal Learning… | 1 |
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| Ortony, Andrew | 1 |
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Ortony, Andrew; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
Two experiments are described in which reaction times for understanding target sentences or phrases in terms of a preceding context were measured. It is argued that both experiments can be accounted for in terms of contextually generated expectations. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Expectation, Idioms, Language Processing
