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The Role of Prior Message Context in Evaluative Judgments of High- and Low-Diversity Messages.

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And Others; Bradac, James J. – Language and Speech, 1977

Reports on two studies exploring the contrast effects in judgments of messages exhibiting high or low lexical and syntactic diversity. Suggests that listeners are sensitive to variations in lexical diversity but not syntactic diversity. (RL)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Language Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research

Hierarchies and the Choice of Left Conjuncts (With Particular Attention to English).

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Allan, K. – Journal of Linguistics, 1987

Hierarchies have been identified as determinants of constituent order. The set of such hierarchies is reviewed and ranked as determinants of NP sequencing in English. The effect of a hierarchy in other languages is compared to and contrasted with what is found in English. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis