Surface and Deep Structure in Sentence Comprehension.

Layton, Pamela; Simpson, Adrian J.

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Surface and Deep Structure in Sentence Comprehension

Layton, Pamela; Simpson, Adrian J.

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 14, 6, 658-664, Dec 75

Subjects read sets of active or passive sentences, and an active or passive question was asked about one. Errors were compared. Results suggest that surface form of a single sentence is retained; surface and deep structures are retained for two, and only deep structures of four and eight sentences. (CHK)

Descriptors: Deep Structure, Memory, Psycholinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Recall (Psychology), Retention (Psychology), Sentence Structure, Surface Structure, Transformational Generative Grammar, Verbal Learning

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