Priming ditransitive structures in comprehension

@article{citeulike:2242306, abstract = {Many studies have shown evidence for syntactic priming during language production (e.g., Bock, 1986). It is often assumed that comprehension and production share similar mechanisms and that priming also occurs during comprehension (e.g., Pickering \& Garrod, 2004). Research investigating priming during comprehension (e.g., Branigan et al., 2005 and Scheepers and Crocker, 2004) has mainly focused on syntactic ambiguities that are very different from the meaning-equivalent structures used in production research. In two experiments, we investigated whether priming during comprehension occurs in ditransitive sentences similar to those used in production research. When the verb was repeated between prime and target, we observed a priming effect similar to that in production. However, we observed no evidence for priming when the verbs were different. Thus, priming during comprehension occurs for very similar structures as priming during production, but in contrast to production, the priming effect is completely lexically dependent.}, author = {Arai, Manabu and van Gompel, Roger P. and Scheepers, Christoph }, citeulike-article-id = {2242306}, doi = {10.1016/j.cogpsych.2006.07.001}, journal = {Cognitive Psychology}, keywords = {eye-movements, syntactic-priming, syntactic-variation, visual-world-paradigm}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {218--250}, posted-at = {2008-01-17 02:02:18}, priority = {2}, title = {Priming ditransitive structures in comprehension}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2006.07.001}, volume = {54}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2242306 TI - Priming ditransitive structures in comprehension JF - Cognitive Psychology VL - 54 IS - 3 SP - 218 EP - 250 N2 - Many studies have shown evidence for syntactic priming during language production (e.g., Bock, 1986). It is often assumed that comprehension and production share similar mechanisms and that priming also occurs during comprehension (e.g., Pickering & Garrod, 2004). Research investigating priming during comprehension (e.g., Branigan et al., 2005 and Scheepers and Crocker, 2004) has mainly focused on syntactic ambiguities that are very different from the meaning-equivalent structures used in production research. In two experiments, we investigated whether priming during comprehension occurs in ditransitive sentences similar to those used in production research. When the verb was repeated between prime and target, we observed a priming effect similar to that in production. However, we observed no evidence for priming when the verbs were different. Thus, priming during comprehension occurs for very similar structures as priming during production, but in contrast to production, the priming effect is completely lexically dependent. KW - eye-movements KW - syntactic-priming KW - syntactic-variation KW - visual-world-paradigm AU - Arai, Manabu AU - van Gompel, Roger AU - Scheepers, Christoph PY - 2007/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2006.07.001 ER -