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Clark, Herbert H.; Gerrig, Richard J. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1983
Assumptions about comprehension of utterances are challenged in two experiments using as an example the verb phrase "to do a Richard Nixon on a tape" (i.e., erase it). It is argued that creating meanings, as with this phrase, works differently from selecting senses for utterances and that many require a mixture of the two. (MSE)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Comprehension, Figurative Language, Language Processing
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Richgels, Donald J. – Language and Speech, 1983
Discusses children's comprehension of complex sentences as measured by a picture selection test. Concludes that the interplay of both syntactic factors, such as active vs. passive, and nonsyntactic factors, such as expectation, must be considered in any characterization of children's sentence comprehension ability. (EKN)
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Comprehension, Language Acquisition
Dowst, Kenneth – Freshman English News, 1983
Surveys modern language and cognitive theories and their implications for the teaching of undergraduate composition. (JL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
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Ackerman, Brian P. – Journal of Child Language, 1983
Examines whether four- to six-year-old children are sensitive to the contextual influence of previous discourse on judgements of adequacy of referential communication. Findings show the children could discriminate between the functionally informative and ambiguous communications. (EKN)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research
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Oxford, Rebecca L. – Modern Language Journal, 1982
Reviews studies on language loss in individuals rather than groups in three categories: research on optimal age for foreign language learning; studies on cognitive aspects of language loss; and investigations concerning attitudes toward language learning, maintenance, and loss. Believes such research may ultimately tell foreign language teachers…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance, Language Processing, Language Research
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Van Cantfort, Thomas E.; Rimpau, James B. – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Reviews methodologies of sign language studies with chimpanzees and compares major findings of those studies with studies of human children. Considers relevance of input conditions for language acquisition, evidence used to demonstrate linguistic achievements, and application of rigorous testing procedures in developmental psycholinguistics.…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Preschool Children, Primates
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Schwartz, Steven – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1981
Past studies of autistic children's memory for linguistic materials have shown that autistics have a special linguistic coding difficulty. Because the autistic deficit stems from a failure to use semantic and syntactic knowledge or from a failure to acquire such forms, future research should explore the mechanics underlying this deficit. (PJM)
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Language Handicaps, Language Processing
McPike, Grace – Elements: Translating Theory into Practice, 1980
Reports on an attempt to informally assess the practicality of an interactive, language processing model for curriculum development.
Descriptors: Change, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation
Rips, Lance J. Stubbs, Margaret E. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1980
Two experiments studied how people determine relationships among family members. In one experiment, subjects were to determine relationships in hypothetical families. In the second, the families were in the subjects' experience. It was determined that memory was organized in terms of parent-child relations together with knowledge of which members…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Family Relationship, Language Processing
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Ney, James W. – Language Sciences, 1979
Examines the claim that transformational rules are psychologically real, and applies this claim to all aspects of transformational grammar. (AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics
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Carroll, John M. – Language and Speech, 1979
Two experiments showed that functional completeness--the explicit propositional surface realization of deep-structure clause relations--isolated effective and integral comprehension units, which definitions of comprehension units couched in levels of syntactic structure failed to do. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Deep Structure, Language Processing, Language Research
Hayes-Roth, Barbara; Thorndyke, Perry W. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979
Three experiments investigated factors influencing the integration of facts acquired from texts. Subjects encountered related facts in the context of relatively long, meaningful texts, a single text, or in two separate texts. Results indicate that integration can occur in both cases. (SW)
Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory
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Kemper, Susan; Catlin, Jack – Language and Speech, 1979
Two experiments offer clear support for an interactive view of sentence comprehension; semantic factors do interact with syntactic factors. (RL)
Descriptors: Language Processing, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Research
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Masterson, Julie J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
Reviews studies that have explored interrelationships among linguistic components in children with language disorders and describes the controversy over the interpretation of these linguistic interrelationships. Explanations for the occurrence or absence of linguistic trade-offs, including limited capacity processing models, and the implications…
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Language Impairments, Language Processing
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McGregor, Karla K.; Windsor, Jennifer – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1996
A study of 8 preschoolers with word-finding deficits and 16 preschoolers with normal word-finding abilities examined the effects of priming on naming accuracy. Results indicated the preschoolers with word-finding deficits were unable to name as well as the other children when given primes as retrieval cues. (CR)
Descriptors: Cues, Error Patterns, Language Impairments, Language Processing
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