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Evidence for Multiple Stages in the Processing of Ambiguous Words in Syntactic Contexts.

Tanenhaus, Michael K.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979

A variable time delay naming latency paradigm was used to investigate the processing of noun-verb lexical ambiguities (e.g., "watch") in syntactic contexts that biased either the noun or the verb reading. Results support a two-stage model in which all reading of ambiguous words are initially accessed, followed by suppression of…

Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Processes, Models, Nouns

Absence of a Context Effect in Rated Pleasantness of Concrete and Abstract Nouns

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Daves, Walter F. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1970

Descriptors: Associative Learning, Attitudes, Context Clues, Cultural Influences

Foregrounding Effects in Discourse Comprehension.

Lesgold, Alan M.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1979

Five experiments were conducted that illustrate microprocesses of discourse comprehension related to foregrounding. An intermediate case in which prior memories exist but must be reinstated to active memory was studied in detail. (SW)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Learning Processes, Learning Theories

Frameworks for Examining Comprehension and Discourse: An Overview.

Carey, Robert F.; Smith, Sharon L. – 1978

Overviews of schema theory, which focuses on the cognitive operations engaged in by the reader, and discourse analysis, which focuses on structural characteristics of the text itself, are presented in this paper. The first section explains the notion of cognitive schemata (patterns of expectations that are applied to incoming information) and…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education