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Polzella, Donald J.; Rohrman, Nicholas L. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1970
The experiments reported here confirmed the findings of earlier researchers that transitive verbs are more difficult to recall than intransitive ones and furthermore established a close relationship between transitive verbs and nouns. Implications for linguistic theory are discussed. (FB)
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics, Transformational Generative Grammar
Stillings, Neil A. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1975
A theory of comprehension in verification tasks is developed from a general conception of language comprehension. Models are developed for a task involving transfer verbs "borrow" and "loan" and the possession verb "have." Models and theoretical framework are superior in some respects to constituent comparison and conversion models. (CHK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Experiments, Language Skills
Ehri, Linnea C.; Muzio, Irene M. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1974
Research is reported which explores the viability of theories of sentence memory in describing adjective memory. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Cognitive Processes, Form Classes (Languages), Language Research
