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Clifton, Charles, Jr.,; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Describes two experiments which demonstrated that readers use specific lexical information in comprehending sentences to anticipate and prepare for the appearance of lexical noun phrases and to postulate "gaps" that are associated with "fillers." Results also indicated that lexically based expectations involve the use of information about…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Grammar, Lexicology, Pragmatics
