Sentence comprehension assessment in Russian
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2021/12/0012/000485Keywords:
syntactic complexity, sentence comprehension, Russian languageAbstract
We developed a Sentence Comprehension Test in Russian for syntactic competence assessment. It includes 60 unambiguous grammatically complex sentences of several types with comprehension questions aimed to test effective syntactic processing. The test does not show ceiling effects with adult native speakers. The results of the test correlate with verbal working memory span.
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