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Peer reviewedNey, James W. – Language Learning, 1971
Descriptors: Charts, Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Learning Theories
Download full textOller, John W., Jr. – 1971
The ability to anticipate elements in sequence is the foundation of all language skills. Because of its naturally high redundancy, it is almost always possible in the normal use of language to partially predict what will come next in a sequence of elements. The central feature of language processing is expectancy for successive elements. A very…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Expectation, Language
