%0 Journal Article %T Who Can Guess Better? The Relationship Between Word Class and Learners’ Style %J Teaching English Language %I Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI) %Z 2538-5488 %A Akbari, Ramin %A Gafar Samar, Reza %A Asadi, Aghdas %D 2007 %\ 01/01/2007 %V 1 %N 1 %P 1-23 %! Who Can Guess Better? The Relationship Between Word Class and Learners’ Style %K part of speech %K guessing %K learners’ style %R %X The present study investigated the relationship between words’ part of speech (noun, verb, adjectives), guessing ability, and learners’ style of field independence/ dependence. One hundred thirty two subjects participated in the study. The participants were required to guess the meaning of non-sense words belonging to certain word categories. The results of the study showed that a word’s part speech will influence the ease with which its meaning is guessed. In addition, the study found that there is a positive relationship between the cognitive style of field independence and the learners’ guessing ability. %U http://www.teljournal.org/article_112998_f621dba228904d205fbf8926440e591f.pdf