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ERIC Number: EJ315761
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Expectancy, Integration, and Interactional Processes: Age Differences in the Nature of Words Affected by Sentence Context.
Schwantes, Frederick M.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v39 n2 p212-29 Apr 1985
Two experiments investigated sentence context effects on the naming times of sentence completion words by third-grade children and college students. The semantic acceptability of the word in the sentence context had a much greater influence on children's word identification times than adults'. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Context Clues, Prediction, Reaction Time, Semantics, Sentences, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Semantic Acceptability; Sentence Completion Method