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Direct linkArnold, Jennifer E.; Lao, Shin-Yi C. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2008
Research has shown that the comprehension of definite referring expressions (e.g., "the triangle") tends to be faster for "given" (previously mentioned) referents, compared with new referents. This has been attributed to the presence of given information in the consciousness of discourse participants (e.g., Chafe, 1994) suggesting that given is…
Descriptors: Word Order, Eye Movements, Reading Comprehension, Achievement
Peer reviewedFisher, Cynthia – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1994
Investigates the availability of syntactic cues to verb meaning. In Experiments 1-3, adult subjects' judgments of verbs' semantic similarity were compared with other adults' judgments about the syntactic properties of the same verbs. In Experiment 4, subjects paraphrased sentences formed by pairing verbs with unaccustomed sentence frames. (54…
Descriptors: Adults, Association Measures, Child Language, Cluster Analysis
