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Direct linkHartsuiker, Robert J.; Barkhuysen, Pashiera N. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2006
In order to study the role of working memory in sentence formulation, we elicited errors of subject-verb agreement in spoken sentence completion, while speakers did or did not maintain an extrinsic memory load (a word list). We compared participants with low and high speaking spans (a measure of verbal working memory for sentence production). As…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Sentence Structure, Nouns, Grammar
Peer reviewedDockrell, Julie E.; Messer, David; George, Rachel – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2001
Studied children with word finding difficulties who were identified through a wider survey of educational provision for those with language and communication difficulties. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBates, Elizabeth; And Others – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1995
This study compared the production of complex syntax by 16 older adults diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease and 25 age-matched control subjects. It found that although individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease did not produce frank lexical or grammatical errors, they did find it difficult to access the "best fit" between meaning and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Alzheimers Disease, Comparative Analysis, Diction
