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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
On the Acquisition of the Meaning of "Before" and "After."
Clark, Eve V. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1970
This study was conducted to examine the acquisition of the meaning of the temporal conjunctions "before" and "after." The initial hypothesis was that in the acquisition of a word, the child learns its semantic components one at a time. The subjects were 40 school children attending the Bing Nursery School at Stanford…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Form Classes (Languages), Function Words
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
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