10.1401, Qs: Language comprehension, Interactive software

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-10-1401. Thu Sep 23 1999. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 10.1401, Qs: Language comprehension, Interactive software

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Date:  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:32:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Ron Smyth <smyth at scar.utoronto.ca>
Subject:  Language comprehension tests

2)
Date:  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:23:19 -0700
From:  culver at almaak.usc.edu
Subject:  Interactive software for instructional use

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:32:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:  Ron Smyth <smyth at scar.utoronto.ca>
Subject:  Language comprehension tests

I am looking for a standardized test of adult language comprehension
ability for use in a study of individual differences in parsing and
working memory capacity.  I do not want general 'verbal ability'
scales (which often include digit span, vocabulary knowledge, etc.),
but rather a test of sentence/discourse comprehension.  This could be
a subscale of a larger language test.  It must be standardized,
preferably with published correlations with other scales.

Please reply to smyth at scar.utoronto.ca

Ron Smyth


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Date:  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 16:23:19 -0700
From:  culver at almaak.usc.edu
Subject:  Interactive software for instructional use

Does anyone have, or know of, interactive software that has been
developed to facilitate the teaching of grammatical analysis in
undergraduate classes?  We are interested in anything which is
relevant to the instruction of syntax, phonology, morphology,
semantics, or any other analytic component of language.

Thanks in advance,

Hagit Borer and Maria Luisa Zubizarreta
Linguistics
University of Southern California


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