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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
Degerman, Richard; Mather, Richard S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Grammar, Language Research, Nouns
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
Hirst, William; Brill, Gary A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1980
Three experiments were conducted to ascertain the effect of contextual restraints on pronoun assignment. Pronoun selection is based on integration of the context even where it is already syntactically constrained. Integration occurs during and not following the assignment of the pronoun. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Patterns
Pinker, Steven; Birdsong, David – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Two studies elicited native speaker and nonnative speaker judgments regarding preferred word order of the idioms known as "freezes." The results support the notion that rules of frozen word order are psychologically real and reflect universal language rules. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, French, Grammar, Idioms
