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Simpson, Greg B. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1981
Describes two experiments on the processing of ambiguous words: one involving lexical decisions for words related to dominant or subordinate meanings of homograph primes, the other involving ambiguous words ending sentences that bias the homographs at varying degrees. Concludes that dominance and context contribute independently to processing of…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Association (Psychology), Cognitive Processes, Context Effect
