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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
Hakes, David T. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Investigation supported by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (VM)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Deep Structure, English, Language Research
Bock, Kathryn – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1977
An investigation of the relationship between a speaker's decision to treat portions of the information in a sentence as given or new and the syntactic form of the sentence produced. A tendency of English speakers to use alternative surface structure rules to present given information before new information is demonstrated. (AMH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics
Jarvella, Robert J. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Based on part of a dissertation submitted to the University of Michigan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. Revised version of a paper given at the 80th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Houston, Texas, November 1970. (VM)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Connected Discourse, Listening, Memory
Shanon, Benny – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a U.S. Public Health Service Research Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Experiments, Grammar, Hebrew
Tyler, Lorraine; Marslen-Wilson, William – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1977
A presentation of an experiment testing the claim that on-line syntactic processing is autonomous and not affected by semantic content. Results suggested that before the clause boundary is reached, syntactic decisions can be influenced by prior semantic context. An appendix containing numerous examples of clauses and probe words is included. (AMH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Language Processing, Language Research
Honeck, Richard P. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Research conducted at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. (VM)
Descriptors: Classification, Deep Structure, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance
Layton, Pamela; Simpson, Adrian J. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1975
Subjects read sets of active or passive sentences, and an active or passive question was asked about one. Errors were compared. Results suggest that surface form of a single sentence is retained; surface and deep structures are retained for two, and only deep structures of four and eight sentences. (CHK)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Memory, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension
Kieras, David E. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
Conventional paragraph structure requires that the topic sentence be presented first, followed by connected, coherent sentences. The processing role of these rules was investigated by comparing performance on reading simple passages that conformed to or violated conventional paragraph organization. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading, Language Processing, Memory