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Hartsuiker, Robert J.; Kolk, Herman H. J. – Language and Speech, 1998
Three experiments are reported that showed effects of "structure priming," the tendency to repeat syntactic structure across successive sentences. These effects were demonstrated in Dutch, a previously untested language. All experiments studied spoken sentence production. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: College Students, Dutch, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Poole, Millicent; Field, T. W. – Language and Speech, 1976
Indicates that, in relation to oral systems, written systems are more complex in structure, reveal more adjectival but less adverbial elaboration, show more complex verbal structures, and contain fewer indices of personal reference. (RL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Language Styles