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Sentential Context and the Interpretation of Familiar Open-Compounds and Novel Modifier-Noun Phrases
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Direct linkGagne, Christina L.; Spalding, Thomas L.; Gorrie, Melissa C. – Language and Speech, 2005
Two experiments investigated the influence of sentential context on the relative ease of deriving a particular meaning for novel and familiar compounds. Experiment 1 determined which of two possible meanings was preferred for a set of novel phrases. Experiment 2 used both novel (e.g., "brain sponge") and familiar compounds (e.g., "bug spray"). The…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Familiarity, Nouns
