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Martin, J. E.; Molfese, Dennis L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Adjectives, Child Language, English, Grammar
Franks, Jeffery J.; Bransford, John D. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Reference is made to a 1973 article of Singer and Rosenberg regarding linguistic integration. Some of their arguments are supported, and certain claims about integration clarified. (RM)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Palermo, David S.; Parrish, Michael – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Research supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, Public Health Service Research Center, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (DS)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Language Research, Learning Theories
Sheldon, Amy – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Research is reported in which children were tested for their comprehension of four types of sentences with relative clauses. The Parallel Function Hypothesis is proposed, and implications for adult grammar are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Degerman, Richard; Mather, Richard S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Grammar, Language Research, Nouns
Byrne, Brian – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
In open-ended and forced-choice situations, subjects were asked to interpret phrases containing superficially incompatible adjective pairs. The results demonstrate that English speakers implicitly understand proposed linguistic principles underlying prenominal adjective ordering. (SW)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Fernald, Charles D. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Based in part on an Indiana University doctoral dissertation; segments presented to the Midwestern Psychological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1970. Research supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Traineeship, a Public Health Service Predoctoral Research Fellowship to the author, and a Public Health Service Research Grant to Richard…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Contrast, Experiments
Green, T. R. G. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Presents evidence from artificial language experiments in support of the "marker hypothesis," i.e., that natural languages contain elements that signal the presence of syntactic constructions and that the absence of such markers would render a language virtually unusable. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Determiners (Languages), Function Words, Grammar
Shanon, Benny – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a U.S. Public Health Service Research Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Experiments, Grammar, Hebrew
MacKay, Donald G. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
A study is described which examined the retrieval of regular and irregular past tense verbs. Results suggested that preterites such as "taught" are not stored as separate and independent lexical units but are formed from the verb stem by means of derivational rules. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Grammar
Nakanishi, Yasuko; Owada, Kenjiro – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Grammar, Imitation
Hamilton, Helen W.; Deese, James – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Research supported in part by a grant from the Public Health Research Center. (DS)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Gibson, Eleanor J.; Guinet, Lynne – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Research supported in part by a research grant from the United States Office of Education to Cornell University. (DS)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Research, Learning Theories
Nurss, Joanne R.; Day, David E. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Research supported by a United States Office of Education grant. (DS)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Children, Grammar
Swinney, David A.; Cutter, Anne – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Two experiments examined the nature of access, storage, and comprehension of idiomatic phrases, using a phrase classification task. Results support a lexical representation hypothesis for the processing of idioms. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Figurative Language, Grammar
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