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Direct linkEarles, Julie L.; Kersten, Alan W. – Cognitive Science, 2017
Three experiments test the theory that verb meanings are more malleable than noun meanings in different semantic contexts, making a previously seen verb difficult to remember when it appears in a new semantic context. Experiment 1 revealed that changing the direct object noun in a transitive sentence reduced recognition of a previously seen verb,…
Descriptors: Verbs, Nouns, Semantics, Memory
