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Identifying and Using Referents in Sentence Comprehension

Yekovich, Frank R.; Walker, Carol H. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1978

Two experiments examined characteristics of text that determine when a repeated noun has a clearly identified referent. Verbs and article modifiers appeared to influence whether a noun is merely a repeated word in a text, or whether it is redundant at the propositional level. (SW)

Descriptors: Language Processing, Language Research, Learning Processes, Nouns

Pictorial Elaboration Effects on Mexican-American Children's Retention of Noun Pairs.

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Sherwin, Trisha; Kee, Daniel W. – 1978

The present experiment investigated: (1) the effect of pictorial elaboration on low socioeconomic-status Mexican-American children's long term memory for noun pairs; (2) the effects of labeling mode on estimates of paired-associate acquisition and retention; and (3) the interrelationships between paired-associate task performance and school…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education