Understanding Complex Sentences
Native Speaker Variation in Syntactic Competence
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Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10560085M
- ISBN-139780333986394
- ISBN-100333986393
- OCLC Control Number51817508
- OCLC Control Numberunderstandingcom00chip
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- Library of Congress Control Number2003042939
- Goodreads52341
- LibraryThing5626502
Classifications
- LCCP37-37.5
Description
"Is native speaker variation in understanding complex sentences due to individual differences in working-memory capacity or in syntactic competence? The answer to this question has very important consequences both for theoretical linguistics and for educational practice. This book is distinctive in giving an historical and interdisciplinary perspective on the rule based and experience-based debate. It is also highly unusual in supporting an account based on integrating explanations from both traditions. In the study reported here, variation in comprehension was found to be due to differences in syntactic competence and Ngoni Chipere argues that sentence comprehension is a learned skill, displaying many of the general characteristics of cognitive skills. His study also suggests that poor linguistic competence can be improved through appropriate teaching in school. The book will be stimulating reading for psycholinguists, theoretical linguists, applied linguists and educators."--Jacket.
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