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Peer reviewedBadzinski, Diane M. – Human Communication Research, 1989
Reports on two experiments examining the influence of intensity (the quality of language indicating the speakers'/writers' attitude toward their topic) on inferential processing. Finds that high-intensity passages triggered inference making during recall more readily than did the texts low in intensity. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, College Students, Connected Discourse, Higher Education
