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A Comparative Usage-Based Approach to the Reduction of the Spanish and Portuguese Preposition "Para"
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Gradoville, Michael Stephen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines the frequency effect of two-word collocations involving "para" "to," "for" (e.g. "fui para," "para que") on the reduction of "para" to "pa" (in Spanish) and "pra" (in Portuguese). Collocation frequency effects demonstrate that language speakers…
Descriptors: Spanish, Portuguese, Phrase Structure, Memory
Structure and Search of the Internal Lexicon.
Glanzer, Murray; Ehrenreich, S.L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Examines, through an investigation of the effect of word frequency on lexical decision, alternative views of how the internal lexicon is structured and searched. A model is developed based on two internal lists: one a ready-access list, the other a complete list. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Memory
Language and Cognition: Effects of Stimulus Codability, Name-Word Frequency, and Age of Acquisition on Lexical Reaction Time
Lachman, Roy; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
A study is reported in which the time it takes to access permanent memory and retrieve name-words for visual objects was measured by picture-naming reaction time. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Memory
Pronunciation and Apparent Frequency
Hopkins, Ronald H.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Language Research, Learning Theories, Memory
The Syllable as a Source of Error in Multisyllable Word Recognition
Underwood, Benton J.; Zimmerman, Joel – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Research supported by a grant from the Office of Naval Research. (DD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns, Information Processing, Language Research
Word Repetition, Lexical Access, and the Process of Searching Words and Sentences.
Dixon, Peter; Rothkopf, Ernst Z. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Reports on three experiments that: (1) extend the findings of Scarborough et al. (1977) that exposure to single words facilitates lexical judgments of single words, and (2) suggest that recency of exposure may contribute to word "frequency" effects in reading and in learning from written material. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Experimental Psychology, Language Research, Learning Processes
Language for Special Purposes. Studies in Language Learning, Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 1977. Special Issue.
Cowan, J Ronayne, Ed. – 1977
Languages for special purposes is the subject of this special issue. Seven articles are provided: "Special Courses in Russian" (Rasio Dunatov); "Learning to Read German: A Search for Relevant Models (Karl Fink); "The Comprehension of English for Science and Technology Arguments and Definitions" (John Lackstrom); "The Teaching of Pronunciation"…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, College Language Programs