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Watkins, Michael J.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
An experiment is described in which subjects read lists of phonologically similar words or lists of phonologically dissimilar words under instructions either for free or serial recall. Results of the experiment are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Theory, Memory, Phonology
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
