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Lane, Liane Wardlow; Ferreira, Victor S. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2010
Three experiments tested theories of syntactic representation by assessing "stem-exchange" errors ("hates the record"[right arrow]"records the hate"). Previous research has shown that in stem exchanges, speakers pronounce intended nouns ("REcord") as verbs ("reCORD"), yielding syntactically well-formed utterances. By "lexically based" theories,…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Verbs, Nouns, Syntax
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Kootstra, Gerrit Jan; van Hell, Janet G.; Dijkstra, Ton – Journal of Memory and Language, 2010
In four experiments, we investigated the role of shared word order and alignment with a dialogue partner in the production of code-switched sentences. In Experiments 1 and 2, Dutch-English bilinguals code-switched in describing pictures while being cued with word orders that are either shared or not shared between Dutch and English. In Experiments…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Word Order, Indo European Languages, Bilingualism
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Dabrowska, Ewa – Journal of Memory and Language, 2008
An experiment testing adult Polish speakers' ability to supply dative forms of unfamiliar nouns revealed strong effects of type frequency (performance was better on inflections that apply to large classes) and neighbourhood density (participants were more likely to supply the target inflection with nonce nouns belonging to densely populated…
Descriptors: Nouns, Vocabulary Development, Adults, Polish
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Moxey, Linda M. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2006
This paper reports three experiments that test the Presupposition-Denial account of complement set reference. According to the theory, complement set focus arises when focus is on the difference between the amount conveyed by a natural language quantifier and a large presupposed amount. We call this difference the shortfall. In this paper, what is…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Patterns, Language Research, Effect Size
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Kelly, Michael H.; And Others – Journal of Memory and Language, 1986
Reports three studies which explored relationships between prototypicality and sentence structure in recall, preference ratings, and natural dictionary definitions. The results can be explained in terms of the sensitivity of sentence production processes to the lexical or conceptual accessibility of prototypes. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Adults, Concept Formation, Definitions, Language Patterns