The head or the verb: Is the lexical boost restricted to the head verb?

IF 2.9 1区心理学 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Journal of memory and language Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jml.2022.104388

Leila Kantola , Roger P.G. van Gompel , Laura J. Wakeford

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Abstract

Four structural priming experiments investigated whether the lexical boost is due to the repeated head verb of the primed structure or due to the repetition of any verb, testing structural priming of ditransitive structures (The hotel owner decided to loan the tourist a tent/a tent to the tourist). In Experiments 1–3, we manipulated the repetition of the matrix verb (decided) that is not the syntactic head in the primed structure. The results showed abstract structural priming of the embedded ditransitive structure but the repetition of the matrix verb did not boost the priming. In addition to manipulating the repetition of the matrix verb, we also manipulated the head verb of the primed structure (loan) in Experiment 4. It showed a lexical boost with the repetition of the head verb but no boost with the repetition of the matrix verb. These results are consistent with the residual activation model, which only predicts a boost from the verb that is the head of the primed structure. They do not support models which predict that the repetition of any lexical material in a sentence boosts priming.

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词头还是动词:词汇量的提升是否仅限于词头动词?

四个结构启动实验调查了词汇量的增加是由于被启动结构的头动词的重复还是由于任何动词的重复，测试了及物性结构的结构启动(酒店老板决定借给游客一个帐篷/一个帐篷给游客)。在实验1-3中，我们操纵了矩阵动词(决定)的重复，这不是启动结构中的句法头。结果表明，嵌入的及物性结构有抽象的结构启动，而矩阵动词的重复对启动没有促进作用。在实验4中，除了对矩阵动词的重复进行操作外，我们还对启动结构(贷款)的首动词进行了操作。重复首动词会增加词汇量，但重复矩阵动词不会增加词汇量。这些结果与残余激活模型相一致，该模型只预测了作为启动结构头部的动词的提升。他们不支持预测句子中任何词汇材料的重复都会促进启动的模型。

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Journal of memory and language 医学-心理学

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8.70

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12.7 weeks

期刊介绍： Articles in the Journal of Memory and Language contribute to the formulation of scientific issues and theories in the areas of memory, language comprehension and production, and cognitive processes. Special emphasis is given to research articles that provide new theoretical insights based on a carefully laid empirical foundation. The journal generally favors articles that provide multiple experiments. In addition, significant theoretical papers without new experimental findings may be published. The Journal of Memory and Language is a valuable tool for cognitive scientists, including psychologists, linguists, and others interested in memory and learning, language, reading, and speech. Research Areas include: • Topics that illuminate aspects of memory or language processing • Linguistics • Neuropsychology.