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Kowialiewski, Benjamin; Gorin, Simon; Majerus, Steve – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Long-term memory knowledge is considered to impact short-term maintenance of item information in working memory, as opposed to short-term maintenance of serial order information. Evidence supporting an impact of semantic knowledge on serial order maintenance remains weak. In the present study, we demonstrate that semantic knowledge can impact the…
Descriptors: Long Term Memory, Short Term Memory, Semantics, Serial Ordering
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Cozijn, Reinier; Noordman, Leo G. M.; Vonk, Wietske – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The issue addressed in this study is whether propositional integration and world-knowledge inference can be distinguished as separate processes during the comprehension of Dutch "omdat" (because) sentences. "Propositional integration" refers to the process by which the reader establishes the type of relation between two clauses…
Descriptors: Sentences, Sentence Structure, Indo European Languages, Word Order
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Cuervo, Maria Cristina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
This experimental study on the acquisition of the double-object construction in Spanish as a second language (L2) by a group of first language (L1) English adults investigates the role of Universal Grammar (UG) and its interaction with L1 in two modules of grammar: morphosyntax and semantics. The double-object construction in Spanish differs from…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Language Universals