Speakers' Sensitivity to Rules of Frozen Word Order.

Pinker, Steven; Birdsong, David

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ERIC Number: EJ211153

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Aug

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Speakers' Sensitivity to Rules of Frozen Word Order.

Pinker, Steven; Birdsong, David

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, v18 n4 p497-508 Aug 1979

Two studies elicited native speaker and nonnative speaker judgments regarding preferred word order of the idioms known as "freezes." The results support the notion that rules of frozen word order are psychologically real and reflect universal language rules. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, French, Grammar, Idioms, Language Research, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Native Speakers, Phonology, Phrase Structure, Questionnaires, Semantics, Syntax, Vocabulary, Word Order

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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