Lexical boost from the subject noun: the influence of task

Laura Wakeford; Leila Kantola; Roger van Gompel

Abstract

To test the prediction that the lexical boost is driven by explicit memory (e.g., Chang et al, 2006), we tested for a subject noun boost, using prepositional object or double object structures, when participants could look back to a prime sentence while completing a target sentence (Experiment 1) or not (Experiment 2). We report a subject noun boost but only when participants could see the prime, suggesting that when available, the prime acted as a cue to boost the activation of its structure. These results indicate that the subject noun boost is affected by how explicit the word repetition is.

Original language	English
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 30 Mar 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	32nd Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing - University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States Duration: 29 Mar 2019 → 31 Mar 2019 Conference number: 32nd https://www.colorado.edu/event/cuny2019/

Conference

Conference	32nd Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing
Country	United States
City	Boulder
Period	29/03/19 → 31/03/19
Internet address	https://www.colorado.edu/event/cuny2019/

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