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Franks, Jeffery J.; Bransford, John D. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Reference is made to a 1973 article of Singer and Rosenberg regarding linguistic integration. Some of their arguments are supported, and certain claims about integration clarified. (RM)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Sheldon, Amy – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Research is reported in which children were tested for their comprehension of four types of sentences with relative clauses. The Parallel Function Hypothesis is proposed, and implications for adult grammar are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Byrne, Brian – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
In open-ended and forced-choice situations, subjects were asked to interpret phrases containing superficially incompatible adjective pairs. The results demonstrate that English speakers implicitly understand proposed linguistic principles underlying prenominal adjective ordering. (SW)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Clifton, Charles, Jr.,; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Describes two experiments which demonstrated that readers use specific lexical information in comprehending sentences to anticipate and prepare for the appearance of lexical noun phrases and to postulate "gaps" that are associated with "fillers." Results also indicated that lexically based expectations involve the use of information about…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Grammar, Lexicology, Pragmatics
Rodd, Linda J.; Braine, Martin D. S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Revised version of an M.A. thesis submitted at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970, by Linda J. Rodd. (VM)
Descriptors: Children, Deep Structure, Experiments, Grammar
Morgan, James L.; Newport, Elissa L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1981
Describes an experiment where subjects were exposed to a sample of sentences from an artificial linguistic system and tested on their knowledge of the linear and hierarchical structures of the language. Suggests that learners succeed in inducing coherent grammatical systems only when input provides enough correlated cues to constituent…
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Experimental Psychology, Grammar, Language Acquisition
Shanon, Benny – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a U.S. Public Health Service Research Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Experiments, Grammar, Hebrew
Nakanishi, Yasuko; Owada, Kenjiro – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Grammar, Imitation
Hamilton, Helen W.; Deese, James – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Research supported in part by a grant from the Public Health Research Center. (DS)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Gibson, Eleanor J.; Guinet, Lynne – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Research supported in part by a research grant from the United States Office of Education to Cornell University. (DS)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Research, Learning Theories
Nurss, Joanne R.; Day, David E. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1971
Research supported by a United States Office of Education grant. (DS)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Children, Grammar
Swinney, David A.; Cutter, Anne – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Two experiments examined the nature of access, storage, and comprehension of idiomatic phrases, using a phrase classification task. Results support a lexical representation hypothesis for the processing of idioms. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Figurative Language, Grammar
Hirst, William; Brill, Gary A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1980
Three experiments were conducted to ascertain the effect of contextual restraints on pronoun assignment. Pronoun selection is based on integration of the context even where it is already syntactically constrained. Integration occurs during and not following the assignment of the pronoun. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Patterns
Waters, Harriet Salatas – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1980
Descriptive grammars based on sets of rewrite rules were constructed to summarize the structure and organization of 120 entries in a second grade student's journal of class news. These rules illuminated the relationship between experience, abstraction, and generation of structure, and the use of structure to express complex thoughts. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Child Language, Descriptive Linguistics, Elementary Education, Expository Writing
