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Publication details [#31417]
Hyde, Jeffrey C. 1996. Old Words, New Meanings: Aging and Sense Creation. Journal of Memory and Language 35 (5) : 687–707.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Elsevier
ISBN
0749-596X
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study examines differences in interpretations of eponymous noun phrases according to adult age. Results indicate that older participants do not differ from the young in verifying intended interpretations but that they are at chance in rejecting generalizations, which suggests a possible deficit in older adults' semantic processing.