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Chrabaszcz, Anna; Gor, Kira – Language Learning, 2014
In order to comprehend speech, listeners have to combine low-level phonetic information about the incoming auditory signal with higher-order contextual information to make a lexical selection. This requires stable phonological categories and unambiguous representations of words in the mental lexicon. Unlike native speakers, second language (L2)…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Phonology

Shatz, Marilyn; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1980
Describes experiments involving responses of language disordered children to sentences that can carry directive import. Results indicate that language disordered children are qualitatively like normal children with regard to early response behavior. These children do have more difficulty in generating informing responses and utilizing information…
Descriptors: Language Handicaps, Language Research, Listening Comprehension, Oral Language

Blau, Eileen K. – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
The studies presented here represent an attempt to determine which of several alterations to the input directed to second-language learners affect comprehensibility. The first study manipulated both speed and syntax, and the second study examined the introduction of pauses into the input. (JL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Linguistic Input, Listening Comprehension
Clifton, Charles, Jr.; Frazier, Lyn – 1980
This report describes part of a longer study on sentence comprehension. The long range goal is to identify distinct levels of processing in terms of the types of linguistic and extralinguistic information each level uses. The focus of this part of the study is sentences with filler-gap relations, such as, "This is the girl the teacher wanted to…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Listening Comprehension, Psycholinguistics

Lane, H.; And Others – Linguistics, 1973
Revised version of a paper presented at the 17th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Liege, Belgium, July 1971. (DD)
Descriptors: Language Research, Listening Comprehension, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning
Suci, George J. – Lang Speech, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Grade 4, Individual Differences, Interviews
Cho, Sook Whan – Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, 1985
A study of Korean children's interpretation of the reflexive pronoun "caki" when it precedes a third person noun phrase, that is, in backward anaphora, had as subjects 4- to 11-year-old children living in Korea. Test sentences designed on the basis of two important syntactic aspects in Korean reflexive anaphora--relational hierarchy and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Children, Concept Formation
Smith, Carlota S. – 1966
This paper deals with two experiments whose purposes are to investigate the linguistic competence of young children and their receptivity to adult speech. In the free response experiment, imperative sentences were presented to 1 1/2- to 2 1/2-year-olds. The sentences were minimal (a single noun), telegraphic, or full adult sentences. The youngest…
Descriptors: Input Output Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Fluency, Language Proficiency

Conrad, Linda – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1985
Describes a study that explores whether less fluent non-native listeners attend more to syntactic than to semantic cues by testing three groups: native English-speakers and advanced and intermediate non-natives. Results show that semantically acceptable responses increased progressively for intermediate, advanced, and native groups, while…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Language Research, Listening Comprehension
Wright, Patricia – Lang Speech, 1969
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Language Ability, Language Research

Cervantes, Raoul; Gainer, Glenn – TESOL Quarterly, 1992
Two experiments with native Japanese-speaking English majors are reported that explored the absolute and relative effectiveness of syntactic simplification and repetition on listening comprehension. Results of both experiments indicate that syntactic simplification is an aid to comprehension. (seven references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Japanese, Language Research
Issidorides, Diana C. – Toegepaste taalwetenschap in artikelen, 1988
Within a psycholinguistic approach to second language learning, an attempt is made to investigate the question of how morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics affect the comprehension of Dutch sentences by nonnative learners of that language. When talking to nonnative language-learners, native speakers often tend to deliberately modify their…
Descriptors: Dutch, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Listening Comprehension

Preibusch, Wolfgang – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Discusses the theoretical foundation for Ferguson's correlation between speed in detecting syntactic errors in written English and acquisition of the listening comprehension skill. A detailed analysis of Ferguson's procedure is given along with references to other pertinent literature. The original conclusions are questioned. (AMH)
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Learning Theories, Listening Comprehension
Goldstein, Howard – 1981
Experimental research on the environmental conditions that promote generative language learning is reviewed. Recombinative generalization is introduced as a process that enables individuals to express and to comprehend novel utterances. This review focuses on the use of a miniature linguistic system paradigm to explore how recombinative…
Descriptors: Child Language, Educational Environment, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Charrow, Veda R.; Charrow, Robert – 1976
This paper discusses the results of part of an ongoing project studying an aspect of real world language usage, the comprehension of standard jury instructions. Problems in the comprehension of these instructions include the memory load that they impose, the fact that most instructions are read only once, and the fact that instructions are written…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Court Litigation, Grammar, Language Patterns