Prosody and parsing in coordination structures

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This study examines the role of auditory information sources in spoken language in the disambiguation of sentences. The study indicates that listeners use parsodic cues, transmitted by pitch, intonation, and pause duration, in addition to syntactic information while processing the meaning of an unclear sentence.

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Syllabic organization and deafness: orthographic structure or letter frequency in reading?

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This article examines how deaf individuals structure orthographic information while reading. Findings indicate that deaf individuals who are skilled readers organize orthographic information based on syllable structure, not letter frequency, despite their lack of familiarity with spoken language.

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The effects of distractor words on naming pictures at the subordinate level

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Three experiments were used to measure the effect of distractor words on the process of identifying an object from a picture. The results of the picture-word inference task provide insight into the current models of object name retrieval and semantic competition.

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