Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
| Reading Comprehension | 4 |
| Sentence Structure | 4 |
| Language Processing | 2 |
| Second Language Learning | 2 |
| Syntax | 2 |
| Adult Students | 1 |
| Adults | 1 |
| Age Differences | 1 |
| Ambiguity | 1 |
| Artificial Languages | 1 |
| Behavioral Sciences | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Language Learning | 4 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkMueller, Jutta L. – Language Learning, 2006
The present chapter bridges two lines of neurocognitive research, which are, despite being related, usually discussed separately from each other. The two fields, second language (L2) sentence comprehension and artificial grammar processing, both depend on the successful learning of complex sequential structures. The comparison of the two research…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Models
Peer reviewedWardhaugh, Ronald – Language Learning, 1971
Research funded by a contract from the U.S. Office of Education to Rutgers University. (DS)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Language Experience Approach, Language Research, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedYing, H. G. – Language Learning, 1996
Investigates adult second language learners' processing of English syntactically ambiguous sentences in which a prepositional phrase is interpreted as either a noun phrase or verb phrase attachment. Results reveal lexical, syntactic, prosodic, and contextual constraints on processing ambiguous sentences. (87 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Ambiguity, Context Clues, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedHansen, Lynne – Language Learning, 1986
The performance of native and nonnative Hindi-Urdu speaking children (N=131) and adults (N=30) in the comprehension of the Hindi-Urdu correlative constructions was analyzed. Results indicated that Hindi-Urdu correlative constructs are acquired relatively late by both native and nonnative speakers, suggesting that language universals are available…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Comparative Testing
