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| Ambiguity | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Language Tests | 1 |
| Phonemes | 1 |
| Phonology | 1 |
| Psycholinguistics | 1 |
| Sentence Structure | 1 |
| Syntax | 1 |
| Testing | 1 |
| Vocabulary | 1 |
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| Journal of Verbal Learning… | 1 |
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| Cairns, Helen S. | 1 |
| Kamerman, Joan | 1 |
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Cairns, Helen S.; Kamerman, Joan – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1975
Two psycholinguistic processes are examined in a phoneme monitoring experiment and a sentence completion experiment. Tests were conducted with matched materials on subjects drawn from one population. With ambiguous lexical items all meanings are retrieved, but following a decision stage only one is transferred to memory. (SC)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Processes, Language Tests, Phonemes
