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Peer reviewedBordage, Georges; Lemieux, Madeleine – Academic Medicine, 1991
The diagnostic discourse of medical students and physicians in thinking-aloud protocols on paper cases was analyzed for evidence of semantic structure. Results show that structural semantics can be used to distinguish various levels of mental processing among novices as well as between novices and professionals. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedLewis, Debra J.; Windsor, Jennifer – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1996
Two experiments with 40 children (grades 4 to 8) found the children often used their knowledge of derivational suffixes in defining low-frequency derivatives, and knowledge of suffixes was significantly correlated with suffix production in a nonsense task. The children's morphological awareness of derivational suffixes included semantic…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grammar, Knowledge Level, Morphology (Languages)
