On the nature of structure in structural priming

Nayoung Kwon; Yoonhyoung Lee

doi:10.1017/S0140525X17000474

On the nature of structure in structural priming

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2017

Nayoung Kwon and

Yoonhyoung Lee

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Nayoung Kwon: Affiliation:
Department of English, Konkuk University, Seoul,143-701, Republic of Korea. nayoung.kw@gmail.com
Yoonhyoung Lee: Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 712-749, Republic of Korea. yhlee01@yu.ac.kr

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Like Branigan & Pickering (B&P), we agree that processing evidence is important for linguistic theorization; however, without much evidence of priming of hierarchical argument structure independent of linear ordering, the nature of “structure” in structural priming remains unclear. Consequently, it is an empirical question whether structural priming and acceptability judgments tap into cognitive processes of a similar nature.

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Information: Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e299

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X17000474 [Opens in a new window]
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