Recognition memory of Japanese active and passive sentences An effect of pragmatics on sentence memory

AKIMICHI OMURA; TOMONOBU UTSUO

doi:10.4992/psycholres1954.23.18

Recognition memory of Japanese active and passive sentences

An effect of pragmatics on sentence memory

AKIMICHI OMURA, TOMONOBU UTSUO

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Keywords: memory, recognition, representation, psycholinguistics, pragmatics, sentence comprehension, Japanese

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1981 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 18-26

DOI https://doi.org/10.4992/psycholres1954.23.18

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Published: June 30, 1981 Received: June 25, 1980 Available on J-STAGE: February 24, 2009 Accepted: March 28, 1981 Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: February 24, 2009 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : Alfonso, A. 1974 Japanese language patterns: a structural approach (Vol. 2). Tokyo: Sophia University.
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Sachs, J. 1967 Recognition memory for syntactic and semantic aspects of connected discourse. Perception and Psychophysics, 2, 437-442.

Right : Alfonso, A. 1974 Japanese language patterns: a structural approach (Vol.2). Tokyo: Sophia University.
Anderson, J. R. 1974 Verbatim and propositional representation of sentences in immediate and long-term memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 13, 149-162.
Anderson, J. R., & Paulson, R. 1977 Representation and retention of verbatim information. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 16, 439-451.
Bates, E., Masling, M., & Kintsch, W. 1978 Recognition memory for aspects of dialogue. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 4, 187-197.
Garrod, S., & Trabasso, T. 1973 A dual-memory information processing interpretation of sentence comprehension. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 12, 155-167.
Gazdar, G. 1979 Pragmatics: implicature, presupposition, and logical form. New York: Academic Press.
Howard, I., & Niyekawa-Howard, A. M. 1976 Passivization. In M. Shibatani (Ed.), Syntax and semantics (Vol.5): Japanese generative grammer. New York: Academic Press. Pp.201-237.
Jarvella, R. J. 1971 Syntactic processing of connected speech. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 10, 409-416.
Keenan, J. M., MacWhinney, B., & Mayhew, D. 1977 Pragmatics in memory: a study of natural conversation. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 16, 549-560.
Kintsch, W., & Bates, E. 1977 Recognition memory for statements from a classroom lecture. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 3, 150-159.
Morris, C. W. 1938 Foundations of the theory of signs. In O. Neurath, R. Carnap, & C. Morris (Eds.), International encyclopedia of unified science. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Olson, D. R., & Filby, N. 1972 On the comprehension of active and passive sentences. Cognitive Psychology, 3, 361-381.
Sachs, J. 1967 Recognition memory for syntactic and semantic aspects of connected discourse. Perception and Psychophysics, 2, 437-442.

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Abstract

Some of the recent researches have suggested that verbatim representation of English active and passive sentences will decrease in a very short period. This experiment was planned to examine whether the same results could be found in the case of Japanese active and passive sentences, because the Japanese passive differs from the English passive linguistically. It was found that even after 80 s probe sentences were verified faster if the input sentences were of the same voice. This result was discussed from the viewpoint of the effect of pragmatics on sentence processing.

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