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Townsend, David J.; Bever, Thomas G. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
In two experiments, subjects were interrupted while listening to a two-clause sentence just before the last word of either the initial clause or the final clause. The two experiments together suggest that interclause semantic relations affect the immediate processing of clauses. (Author/EJS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conjunctions, Language Processing, Language Research
Potter, Mary C.; Faulconer, Barbara A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
An experiment investigated the retrieval processes involving a noun with an adjective. Results suggest that a noun's meaning is retrieved in conjunction with an adjective when the phrase describes a familiar concept. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Language Processing
