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Peer reviewedCupples, Linda – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2002
Examined how skilled adult readers assign meaning to sentences. Of particular interest were sentences containing "experiencer" verbs, which describe states or emotions rather than actions. Subjects were university students in Australia. Test items were semantically implausible sentences. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Error Analysis (Language)
