Thematic Structure and the Integration of Linguistic Information.

Singer, Murray

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ERIC Number: EJ150364

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Publication Date: 1976

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Thematic Structure and the Integration of Linguistic Information

Singer, Murray

Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 15, 5, 549-558, Oct 76

Reports on four experiments designed to compare the accuracy of the listener's memory for information associated with the thematic and nonthematic portions of sentences. Results are consistent with the identification of the nonthematic portion of a sentence as the locus of new ideas conveyed to the language recipient. (CLK)

Descriptors: Adjectives, Cognitive Processes, Determiners (Languages), Experimental Psychology, Language Research, Memory, Nouns, Recall (Psychology), Semantics, Sentence Structure, Syntax

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