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Individual Differences in Integrating Information from Word Parts and Context in Interpreting Novel Words.
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Mori, Yoshiko – 1999
A study explored the combined effects of morphological clues and contextual clues in the interpretation of novel words while reading in a second language. More specifically, it examined the ability of 74 less-proficient English-speaking learners of Japanese (college students learning Japanese during a summer intensive language program in Japan) to…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Higher Education, Japanese, Reading Comprehension
Integration of Information from Context and Semantic Decomposition in Learning New Words.
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Mori, Yoshiko – 1997
A study examined language learners' ability to integrate information from sentence contexts and semantic decomposition in interpreting novel kanji compounds (i.e., words consisting of two or more Japanese characters). Subjects, 59 English-speaking college students learning Japanese, inferred the meanings of 72 unknown compounds consisting of…
Descriptors: College Students, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Higher Education