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ERIC Number: EJ519964
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
Intensifiers and Hedges in Questionnaire Items, and the Lexical Invisibility Hypothesis.
Low, Graham
Applied Linguistics, v17 n1 p1-37 Mar 1996
Examines data from a think-aloud study and explores how randomly selected undergraduates react to "extreme" intensifiers and hedges. Results indicate that think-aloud data can within limits provide valid evidence of attention to specific words, and that there is a need to distinguish between attending to a word and using it to formulate a response. (55 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Affective Behavior, Associative Learning, Attention Control, College Students, Data Analysis, Item Analysis, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Tables (Data), Verbs, Word Lists
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Hedges (Linguistics); Intensifiers