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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 347-366 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Memory and Language |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2010 |
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Lexical and phonological effects on syntactic processing : evidence from syntactic priming. / Santesteban, Mikel; Pickering, Martin J.; McLean, Janet F.
In: Journal of Memory and Language, Vol. 63, No. 3, 10.2010, p. 347-366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Lexical and phonological effects on syntactic processing
T2 - evidence from syntactic priming
AU - Santesteban, Mikel
AU - Pickering, Martin J.
AU - McLean, Janet F.
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - We investigated whether phonological relationships at the lexical level affect syntactic encoding during sentence production. Cleland and Pickering (2003) showed that syntactic priming effects are enhanced by semantic, but not phonological relations between lexical items, suggesting that there are no effects of phonology on syntactic encoding. Here we report four experiments investigating the influence of homophones on syntactic priming. When describing the picture of a flying bat, Experiments 1 and 2 revealed that people tended to produce relative-clauses such as the bat that’s red (instead of the red bat) more often after hearing the bat that’s red (referring to a cricket bat), than after the pool that’s red. Experiments 3 and 4 revealed that mediated homophone–semantic relations between lexical items (e.g., flying bat–racket) do not enhance syntactic priming. We interpret these results in terms of theories of syntactic encoding.
AB - We investigated whether phonological relationships at the lexical level affect syntactic encoding during sentence production. Cleland and Pickering (2003) showed that syntactic priming effects are enhanced by semantic, but not phonological relations between lexical items, suggesting that there are no effects of phonology on syntactic encoding. Here we report four experiments investigating the influence of homophones on syntactic priming. When describing the picture of a flying bat, Experiments 1 and 2 revealed that people tended to produce relative-clauses such as the bat that’s red (instead of the red bat) more often after hearing the bat that’s red (referring to a cricket bat), than after the pool that’s red. Experiments 3 and 4 revealed that mediated homophone–semantic relations between lexical items (e.g., flying bat–racket) do not enhance syntactic priming. We interpret these results in terms of theories of syntactic encoding.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jml.2010.07.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jml.2010.07.001
M3 - Article
VL - 63
SP - 347
EP - 366
JO - Journal of Memory and Language
JF - Journal of Memory and Language
SN - 0749-596X
IS - 3
ER -