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IMAGERY AND DEEP STRUCTURE IN THE RECALL OF ENGLISH NOMINALIZATIONS
Author(s) -
RICHARDSON JOHN T. E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1975.tb01469.x
Subject(s) - nominalization , recall , psychology , noun , cued recall , participle , free recall , homogeneous , linguistics , cognitive psychology , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , computer science , verb , mathematics , philosophy , combinatorics
Previous experiments on the effects of imageability and deep‐structure complexity upon the recall of nominalizations are criticized for employing inappropriate statistical techniques and unsuitable experimental material. Two experiments investigated the immediate free recall of homogeneous lists of items, and found that deep‐structure complexity had little effect when imageability was controlled. In a third experiment, subjects were cued with either the participle or the noun belonging to a nominalization, but deep‐structure complexity still had no effect. In all three experiments, however, imageability was an important determiner of recall performance.