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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
Kolers, Paul A.; Ostry, David J. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
A study is reported in which subjects were shown sentences, some of which they had read previously, after intervals ranging from a few minutes to 32 days. Results show that information about typography can be recovered for at least 32 days after initial reading. Implications are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Graphemes, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
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Schonbach, Peter – Cognition, 1977
In response to Roger Brown's memorial tribute to Eric Lenneberg, (Cognition, June, 1976), the author disagrees with Brown's conclusion that a Whorfian interpretation of both Lenneberg's and his own results regarding the problem of codability and the recognition of colors, is no longer valid. (Author/MV)
Descriptors: Codification, Cognitive Processes, Color, Language Research
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Brown, Roger – Cognition, 1977
Brown addresses Schonbach's criticism (previous article) of Brown's tribute to Lenneberg (Cognition, June 1976). Brown reviews various research on codability, recognition, and memory of color names; and encourages the development of new generalizations. Although Whorfian hypotheses are appropriate for studying semantic differences, they have not…
Descriptors: Codification, Cognitive Processes, Color, Language Research
Christiaansen, Robert E.; Dooling, D. James – 1975
The encoding specificity principle predicts that a change in context between input and test will adversely affect recognition memory. Experiment I tested this with sentences from a prose passage and no context effects were obtained. Experiments II, III, and IV compared context effects for words in random sentences versus connected discourse. In…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Connected Discourse, Context Clues, Cues