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Rochester, S. R.; Gill, Judith – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Earlier version of this paper was delivered to the 1972 Convention of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Mass. (RS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, English, Monologs
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
Dooling, D. James – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Research is reported in which subjects were required to perceive sentences in noise. A series of sentences having the same syntax and rhythm was presented. On a final sentence either rhythm alone or rhythm plus syntax were changed. The results stress the importance of rhythm in speech perception. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Language Research
