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Hornby, Peter A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Two experiments measured the frequency of perceptual errors as a function of differential presupposition in descriptive sentences. More errors occurred when misrepresentation involved presupposition than when it involved the focused proposition. Several surface structures of English, in combination, increased the presuppositional strength of the…
Descriptors: English, Language Research, Perception, Propaganda
Chapin, Paul G.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Experiments, Information Processing, Language Research
