11.2401, Qs: "I forget", Simple Lexical Decision Data

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Subject: 11.2401, Qs: "I forget", Simple Lexical Decision Data

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1)
Date:  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 13:11:02 -0800
From:  HMooney at cmp.com
Subject:  "I forget" query

2)
Date:  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:42:41 +0100
From:  "Joanna Raczaszek" <raczasze at sci.psych.uw.edu.pl>
Subject:  word recognition - question

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Date:  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 13:11:02 -0800
From:  HMooney at cmp.com
Subject:  "I forget" query

I've wondered about the English phrase "I forget". As in


What's your social security number?
I forget.

This usage seems unusual. For one thing, it *only* occurs in the first person
singular...

What's Bob's social security number?
*He forgets.

What hotel are you (pl) staying at?
*(?)We forget.

Can anyone think of other verbs in English that are used this way? Does anyone
know of any published references to this construction?

Hank Mooney
hmooney at cmp.com



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Date:  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:42:41 +0100
From:  "Joanna Raczaszek" <raczasze at sci.psych.uw.edu.pl>
Subject:  word recognition - question



Planning to make a set of experiments on Simple Lexical Decision in
Polish, I am searching for the results of any experiments (published or
not) in any language detailing the influence of:
    - length
    - frequency
    - phonological structure
    - grammatical category
of a word on the reaction time of its recognition.
Thank you,


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Joanna Raczaszek, PhD
Department of Psychology
University of Warsaw
00-183 Warsaw
ul. Stawki 5/7
tel: 48 22 5317773

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