Questions tagged [linguistics]
For questions regarding the study of language, its representation in the mind, its role in psychological development, and its processing by the brain in applied tasks like reading.
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How do we learn to count syllables?
When I was young, I was told that to count syllables in a word, you could clap them. One clap for each syllable.
You would say it aloud like this: cu-shion.
I was not taught rules about how to pick ...
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Chunking and learning vocabulary
Learning vocabulary seems to be efficient if the words are learned in a fixed sequence, but it seems to be harder to recall these words in a different sequence then the learning sequence.
I wonder ...
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Effect of enactive cognition on gender
I'm doing a PhD in archaeology and assyriology (cuneiform writing; Sumerian language), exploring the process of gendering that deities underwent during the 3rd millennium BC. I'm looking into using ...
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Processing Inverted English Script
I was sitting in a restaurant when I realized that it was relatively easy to read this list of a few locations in inverted English script. It made me curious about how it is possible to read this with ...
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What skills or mental proceses improve understanding of longer written sentences? [closed]
This question concerns only written sentences, and presumes that longer sentences are more difficult to understand, a presumption which consists with the formula behind the Flesch–Kincaid readability ...
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Contemporary Resources on Cognitive Science of Typing
[Apologies if this is too general.]
I'm doing research on language production during the computer keyboard typing process. There are some great classic articles like Rumelhart & Norman, 1982 and ...
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Qualitative scoring for responses to design fluency task
Before I can ask my questions, I have to give a little background information. I'm involved in a study using a measure of design fluency. Subjects are shown a page full of squares, like the one ...
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Is there evidence for cross-cultural differences in problem solving skills?
Does the thought process in our mind for solving a problem or bringing out a solution to a problem depend on culture or language?
If so, how can these skills be represented and addressed?
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Do readers consider the passive voice as more authoritative?
In the middle of the last century (roughly from the 20s-70s) the passive voice dominated scientific writing; or should it be said that scientific writing was dominated by the passive voice?
Nowadays,...
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Why is it easier to search memory for words starting with a particular letter than for words with that letter in a later position?
Tversky & Kahneman (1974) asserts that it is so, and some scrabble-playing experience convinces me that it's true. However, I've never seen an explanation of why it is true. I assume it has ...
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Why does autism sometimes impede the ability to produce speech?
My seventeen year old brother is severely autistic and unable to communicate. He can produce sounds, and imitate words, but he doesn't respond to words in a way that suggests he understands them. His ...
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Why would someone seek treatment for Apraxia of speech?
People with Apraxia of speech have two basic problems: monotone pronunciation and slow speech.
(1) Might someone with Apraxia of speech who does not seek treatment have psychological problems? They ...
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Technical term for the loss of words in your mother-tongue when speaking a different language
I am basically looking for two words which are, though, related to some degree. It might even be that ultimately the same word is the answer to both parts of this question.
I split them up into two ...
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Technical term for the temporary loss of understanding a word
I am basically looking for two words which are related to some degree. Ultimately the same word might even be the answer to both parts of this question.
I split them up into two questions (see also ...
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How to select vocabulary items for a test designed to expand vocabulary in English as a second language students?
I am developing a personalized android program designed to expand vocabulary for students learning English as a second language. It includes "story-reading" and "Word-Meaning Quizes".
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