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    "pk": 25563,
    "title": "The number of times a motion repeats influences sentence processing",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "We investigated how the semantic properties of verbs\ninfluence the way in which language users process sentences\nand how well they remember the verb. In particular, our study\nfocused on the frequency of motion repetition, that is, how\nmany times actions generally repeat in a row. The\nexperimental sentences contained action verbs, such as\nsneezing, knocking on a door, clapping, and bouncing a ball.\nHalf of the target sentences contained verbs that refer to\nactions that generally repeat once or twice in a row in the real\nworld (determined by norming), such as sneezing, coughing,\nand knocking on a door. The other half contained verbs\nreferring to actions that typically repeat many times in row,\nsuch as hiccupping, clapping, and bouncing a ball. Native\nKorean speakers performed a sensicality judgment task where\nthey decided whether given Korean sentences were sensical\nor not. We also tested how well participants remember the\nverbs in target sentences. The results show an effect of action\nrepetition frequency: Participants judged sentences with low\nrepetition frequency verbs more accurately than sentences\ncontaining high repetition frequency verbs. We propose that\nverbs describing multiple repetitions may place a greater\nprocessing load than verbs involving fewer repetitions",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "lexical semantics"
        },
        {
            "word": "action repetition frequency"
        },
        {
            "word": "sentence processing"
        },
        {
            "word": "sensicality judgment"
        },
        {
            "word": "memory retention"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/79k1b3gh",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Lucy",
            "middle_name": "Kyoungsook",
            "last_name": "Kim",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Southern California",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Elsi",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Kaiser",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Southern California",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2015-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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