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Download full textMestre, Jose – 1984
The focus of the study reported here was to investigate people's comprehension ability as a function of the number and type of negations embedded within sentences similar to those which might appear as premises in syllogisms. The subjects were one group of 11 Hispanic and four groups of Anglo students, with 15 in each Anglo group. Thirty-two…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Discourse Analysis, English, Hispanic Americans
