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Sentential Context and the Interpretation of Familiar Open-Compounds and Novel Modifier-Noun Phrases
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Direct linkGagne, Christina L.; Spalding, Thomas L.; Gorrie, Melissa C. – Language and Speech, 2005
Two experiments investigated the influence of sentential context on the relative ease of deriving a particular meaning for novel and familiar compounds. Experiment 1 determined which of two possible meanings was preferred for a set of novel phrases. Experiment 2 used both novel (e.g., "brain sponge") and familiar compounds (e.g., "bug spray"). The…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Familiarity, Nouns
Newman, Rochelle S.; German, Diane J. – Language and Speech, 2005
This study investigated how lexical access in naming tasks (picture naming, naming to open-ended sentences, and naming to category exemplars) might be influenced by different lexical factors during adolescence and adulthood. Participants included 1075 individuals, ranging in age from 12 to 83 years. Lexical factors examined included word frequency…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Processing, Age Differences, Adolescents
