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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Are people more likely to use words they've heard recently in conversation?
I have noticed before that if I use a somewhat uncommon word like "doubtlessly" in conversation, my conversation partner is more likely to say the word again later.
Am I falling prey to a ...
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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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Is cumulative self-paced reading a reliable measure in online experiments?
I am a Master's student in psycholinguistics and I am currently writing my thesis to explore the effects of the social context on language comprehension during reading. While I am aware that the ...
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Appropriate age grouping for studying linguistic development
I am publishing a survey on a crowdsourcing platform to study how people of different ages perceive certain aspects of non-literal language. The platform allows me to target people with ages in ...
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How is it called when we explicitly quantify a letter or digit instead of spelling it out multiple times?
When we need to repeat a letter or digit several times (for example when spelling out a number or an acronym) it is easier to explicitly quantify it instead of spelling it out repeatedly: for example ...
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Question about programming behavioral experiments
Looking to program a behavioral experiment where two people interact via writing done on digitizer pads (like Wacom pads) in real-time. What language would cogsci/compsci people recommend for this? ...
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How are answers on verbal IQ subtests evaluated?
I spoke to a clinical psychologist recently about how verbal subtests on IQ tests are evaluated. She said that answers regarding the meaning of a word were evaluated based on whether or not they were ...
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What activities trigger the realtionship between Flow state and Contemplative / Wellbeing practices?
I wanted to know experimental cases and studies where there are activities which make possible the Flow state, and how is it related to Happiness and Wellbeing.
Quoting the 2021 study "The ...
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Analysis of reading times data based on residual reading times or rather log-transformed reading times
After reading the article by Enochson and Culbertson (2015), I found out that reaction times elicited via self-paced reading tasks should be analyzed based on the residual reading times if the ...
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When human interpret a sentence, does syntactic analysis take place before any semantic analysis?
When interpreting a sentence, does syntactic analysis take place before any semantic analysis?
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Do grammatical differences in language affect politics?
I tried very hard to find references on this in Google Scholar and Web of Science, but I fear I don't have enough experience with this area.
My partner is great at Spanish, and informed me that in ...
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White/Black Metaphor in African Societies?
I don't think this is an entirely appropriate forum for this question, but as there is no general sociocultural (or even better African studies) forum on StackExchange it seemed like the best ...
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Incomplete sentences
I am looking for studies which looks at understanding and preference of incomplete sentences.
For example, is there a higher workload for (in)complete sentences or even though the sentence might be ...
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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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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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