Abstract
Abstract The effect of the semantic organisation of spoken prose on its comprehension by children was studied. The semantic structure was analysed by dividing the prose into linguistic subunits according to grammatical structure and noting the positions of semantically related subunits. It was hypothesised that the semantic organisation affects the reception and recall stages differently. During reception, related details that were closely positioned in the passage were expected to take slightly longer to process than widely separated ones. At recall, the closely situated linked details were likely to be more easily retrieved from memory. An interaction between the effects of semantic organisation and presentation rate on the recall performance following the reception of the passage was therefore anticipated. The results showed significant interaction #opP#lt.05#cp between organisation and rate. The implication of the results for prose reception was briefly discussed.
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