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On the Function of Stress Rhythms in Speech: Evidence of a Link with Grouping Effects on Serial Memory
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Boucher, Victor J. – Language and Speech, 2006
Language learning requires a capacity to recall novel series of speech sounds. Research shows that prosodic marks create grouping effects enhancing serial recall. However, any restriction on memory affecting the reproduction of prosody would limit the set of patterns that could be learned and subsequently used in speech. By implication, grouping…
Descriptors: Speech, Suprasegmentals, Memory, French
Sentence Processing as a Function of Syntax, Short Term Memory Capacity, the Meaningfulness of the Stimulus and Age
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Gamlin, Peter J. – Language and Speech, 1971
Examines the effects of short term memory (STM) capacity, meaningfulness of stimuli, and age upon listeners' structuring of sentences. Results show that the interaction between STM capacity and meaningfulness (1) approached significance when data were collapsed over both age levels, and (2) was significant for one age level. Tables and references.…
Descriptors: Age, Ambiguity, Deep Structure, Linguistic Competence
The Role of Underdeterminancy and Reference in the Sentence Recall of Young Children
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Feldman, Carol F. – Language and Speech, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Memory
The Interaction of Sentence Characteristics and Mode of Presentation in Recall
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Feldman, Carol F. – Language and Speech, 1971
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Difficulty Level