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Syntactic priming persists while the lexical boost decays : evidence from written and spoken dialogue
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Author
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Abstract
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| Four experiments in written and spoken dialogue tested the predictions of two distinct accounts of syntactic encoding in sentence production: a lexicalist, residual activation account and an implicit-learning account. Experiments 1 and 2 showed syntactic priming (i.e., the tendency to reuse the syntactic structure of a prime sentence in the production of a target sentence) and a lexical boost of syntactic priming (i.e., an enhanced priming effect when the verb in prime and target was the same). Experiments 3 and 4 varied the number of filler sentences between prime and target (lag) and showed that lexical enhancement of priming is short-lived, whereas the priming effect is much more long-lived. These results did not depend on whether the modality of prime and target was written or spoken. The persistence of priming supports the view that syntactic priming is a form of implicit learning. However, only a multi-factorial account, in which lexically-based, short-term mechanisms operate in tandem with abstract, longer-term learning mechanisms can explain the full pattern of results. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Journal of memory and language. - New York, N.Y.
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Publication
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New York, N.Y.
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2008
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ISSN
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0749-596X
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DOI
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10.1016/J.JML.2007.07.003
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Volume/pages
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58
:2
(2008)
, p. 214-238
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ISI
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000254001500003
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