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Byrne, Brian – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
In open-ended and forced-choice situations, subjects were asked to interpret phrases containing superficially incompatible adjective pairs. The results demonstrate that English speakers implicitly understand proposed linguistic principles underlying prenominal adjective ordering. (SW)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Yekovich, Frank R.; Walker, Carol H. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978
Two experiments examined characteristics of text that determine when a repeated noun has a clearly identified referent. Verbs and article modifiers appeared to influence whether a noun is merely a repeated word in a text, or whether it is redundant at the propositional level. (SW)
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Learning Processes, Nouns
