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Jarvella, Robert J.; Sinnott, Joan – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1972
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, Language Acquisition, Language Research
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
MacWhinney, Brian; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Supports claim that linguistic and psycholinguistic accounts based on study of English may prove unreliable as guides to sentence processing in even closely related languages such as German and Italian. Results of a test of sentence interpretation indicate that English-speaking Americans rely overwhelmingly on word order, Germans rely on both…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, English, German
