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The Influence of English Spelling Patterns on Pronunciation
Smith, Philip T.; Baker, Robert G. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1976
Two experiments are reported which investigate the process of converting written English into speech. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: English, Language Patterns, Language Research, Morphemes
Incidental Processing of Speaker Characteristics: Voice as Connotative Information.
Geiselman, Ralph E.; Crawley, Joseph M. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1983
Discusses how paralinguistics information of a voice is remembered without apparent intent and concludes that this happens because the connotation of the voice influences the meaning of what is being said. (EKN)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research, Paralinguistics
Recognition Memory for Presuppositions of Relative Clause Sentences
Offir, Carole E. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Part of a dissertation, Stanford University; research supported in part by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Patterns, Language Research, Listening Skills
The Reconstructive Process in Sentence Memory
James, Carlton T.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. (VM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experiments, Information Processing, Information Storage
Bound to Be Easier? The Negative Prefix and Sentence Comprehension
Sherman, Mark A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported in part by a graduate traineeship from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to the author and by a grant from the Advanced Research Project Agency to the Harvard University Center for Cognitive Studies. (VM)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Deep Structure, Experiments, Information Processing
The Production of "Child-Like" Word Associations by Adults to Unfamiliar Adjectives
Stolz, Walter S.; Tiffany, Janice – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development
Contextual Aspects of Pronoun Assignment.
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
How Children Understand Full, Truncated, and Anomalous Passives
Maratsos, Michael P.; Abramovitch, Rona – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1975
Five experiments are carried out to determine the comprehension of passives by children. Results obtained demonstrate that comprehension rests on knowledge of syntactic structure. V - NP were interpreted as verb-object. Passives lacking a preposition were interpreted as actives. Competence in passives may be at a high level before performance is…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Comprehension, Intellectual Development
On the Role of Sign Order and Morphological Structure in Memory for American Sign Language.
Hanson, Vicki L.; Bellugi, Ursula – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1982
Investigates sentence processing in a visual-gestural language by testing signers' recognition for American Sign Language sentences. Results indicate that signers decompose a complex sign into its lexical and inflectional components during sentence comprehension and remember the meaning expressed by these components rather than remembering the…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Expressive Language, Language Patterns