Browsing Institutt for språk og litteratur by Author "Warren, Tessa"
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Idioms show effects of meaning relatedness and dominance similar to those seen for ambiguous words
Milburn, Evelyn Arko; Warren, Tessa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Does the language comprehension system resolve ambiguities for single- and multiple-word units similarly? We investigate this question by examining whether two constructs with robust effects on ambiguous word processing – ... -
Increased reliance on world knowledge during language comprehension in healthy aging: evidence from verb-argument prediction
Milburn, Evelyn Arko; Dickey, Michael Walsh; Warren, Tessa; Hayes, Rebecca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Cognitive aging negatively impacts language comprehension performance. . However, there is evidence that older adults skillfully use linguistic context and their crystallized world knowledge to offset age-related changes ...