Kamide and Colleagues (2003) Investigated Predictive Language Processes and Found

question 38

Multiple Choice

Kamide and colleagues (2003) investigated predictive language processes and found that after hearing only the first few words, Japanese speakers

• A) wrongly interpreted grammatical cues to draw incorrect predictions about how a sentence might end.
• B) used specific grammatical cues to predict how a sentence might end.
• C) fixed their eyes on a picture of the subject of the sentence.
• D) avoided making the kinds of predictions about the end of a sentence that English speakers often make in similar studies.

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