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Peer reviewedMohan, Bernard A. – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Children, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Induction
Peer reviewedSchlesinger, I. M. – Linguistics, 1975
The difficulty of understanding embedded sentences is discussed in relation to Bever's hypothesis: if a sentence segment has a double function by means of the same processing strategy it is difficult to interpret the sentence. An alternative to this theory is proposed due to the author's experiments. (SCC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Language Ability
