A basic property of sentence comprehension is that we interpret words as we encounter them,otherwise known as ____________.

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Immediacy refers to the fact that we interpret words as we encounter them in a sentence. This means that we do not wait until the end of the sentence to interpret the meaning of each word, but rather we process each word as soon as we see it. Sequential processing and serial ordering both refer to the order in which we process information, but do not specifically relate to the interpretation of words in sentence comprehension. Order effects refers to the influence that the order of presenting information can have on how that information is perceived or processed, but again does not directly relate to word interpretation in sentence comprehension.

A Basic Property of Sentence Comprehension Is That We Interpret