scholarly journals Implicit learning of structure occurs in parallel with lexically-mediated syntactic priming effects in sentence comprehension

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 ◽  
pp. 59-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen M. Tooley ◽  
Matthew J. Traxler
Keyword(s):  
Implicit Learning ◽  
Sentence Comprehension ◽  
Syntactic Priming ◽  
Priming Effects

scholarly journals Syntactic priming and the lexical boost effect during sentence production and sentence comprehension: An fMRI study

2013 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrien Segaert ◽  
Gerard Kempen ◽  
Karl Magnus Petersson ◽  
Peter Hagoort
Keyword(s):  
Sentence Comprehension ◽  
Sentence Production ◽  
Syntactic Priming ◽  
Fmri Study

scholarly journals Structural priming persists for one month in young adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelien Heyselaar ◽  
Katrien Segaert
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Implicit Learning ◽  
Language Change ◽  
Syntactic Processing ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Structural Priming ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Age Related

Implicit learning theories suggest that we update syntactic knowledge based on prior experience (e.g., (Chang et al., 2006). To determine the limits of the extent to which implicit learning can influence syntactic processing, we investigated whether structural priming effects persist up to one month post-exposure, and whether they persist less long in healthy older (compared to younger) adults. We conducted a longitudinal experiment with three sessions: Session A, session B (one week after A), and session C (four weeks after B). For young adults, we found passive priming effects to persist and accumulate across sessions (one week and four weeks). However, for older adults the effects persisted for one week but not four. This suggests that for young adults, who unlike older adults experience no age-related decline in implicit memory, the limit to the duration of structural priming persistence is longer than four weeks. In a second longitudinal experiment with two sessions one-week apart we found that priming in session A affected syntactic processing in a different, independent task in session B, both for young and older adults. Experiment 2 suggests that implicit persistence of the learned syntax is not limited to a specific context or task. Together, our findings give insight into how structural priming can contribute to language change throughout the lifespan, showing that implicit learning is a pervasive and robust mechanism that contributes to syntactic processing.

EXPRESS: When the independence of syntactic representation meets the sentence processing of Mandarin: Evidence from syntactic priming

2021 ◽  
pp. 174702182110449
Author(s):  
Keshu Xiang ◽  
Hui Chang ◽  
Lu Sun
Keyword(s):  
Sentence Processing ◽  
Semantic Representation ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Syntactic Priming ◽  
Double Object ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Object Construction ◽  
Syntactic Representation ◽  
Target Experiment ◽  
Prepositional Object

There is no consensus on whether syntactic representation is independent of semantic representation in Mandarin. In four experiments, we adopted the syntactic priming paradigm to investigate the independence of syntactic representation in Mandarin. Experiments 1 and 2 investigated the priming effects of double object construction (DO) and prepositional object construction (PO) with the ditransitive verb being repeated across the prime and target. Experiment 1 showed two-way priming effects of DO and PO. Experiment 2 showed that the syntactic priming effects persisted regardless of whether the semantic features (animacy of the Theme) matched across the prime and target or not. Furthermore, such effects persisted in Experiments 3 and 4 where the ditransitive verb across the prime and target was not repeated. Taken together, these findings provide evidence that syntactic/semantic independence is universal and favored over the traditional Chinese grammar account, which claims that the syntactic representation of Mandarin is not independent of the semantic representation.

Syntactic priming effects in aphasia: An investigation of local syntactic dependencies

1991 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila E. Blumstein ◽  
William P. Milberg ◽  
Barbara Dworetzky ◽  
Allyson Rosen ◽  
Felicia Gershberg
Keyword(s):  
Syntactic Priming ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Syntactic Dependencies

scholarly journals ACQUIRING L2 PRONOUN INTERPRETATION BIASES

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Carla Contemori ◽  
Sabrina Mossman ◽  
Alba K. Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Implicit Learning ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Sentence Comprehension ◽  
First Language ◽  
Exposure Phase ◽  
Pronoun Resolution ◽  
Null Subject ◽  
Subject Pronouns ◽  
Interpretation Biases

Abstract Learners of a nonnull subject language (e.g., English) whose first language (L1) is a null subject language (e.g., Spanish) can show some optionality in the interpretation of overt subject pronouns in the second language (L2). By exposing L2 learners to nativelike interpretations of pronouns in discourse, we aim at understanding how exposure can promote implicit learning of pronoun comprehension biases in a L2. A sentence comprehension task was used with intermediate-proficiency English L2 speakers (L1 Spanish) that included a pretest, an exposure phase using the priming technique, an immediate posttest, and a delayed posttest administered 6–10 days later. English learners showed a significant increase in nativelike pronoun interpretations both in the immediate posttest and in the delayed posttest, in comparison to the pretest. The results show that exposure through priming can be effective in changing L2 participants’ interpretations and that effects of exposure are persistent and may aid in the successful acquisition of pronoun resolution biases.

scholarly journals Syntactic Priming Effects and their Underlying Mechanisms in Language Production and Comprehension

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1370
Author(s):  
Reza Raissi ◽  
Neda Hedayat ◽  
Fakhereh Kazemirad
Keyword(s):  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Language Production ◽  
Syntactic Structure ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Syntactic Priming ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Syntactic Structures ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
The Relationship

Exposure to a syntactic structure influences the way we process a similar syntactic structure in language production and comprehension in what has been called ‘syntactic priming’. Syntactic priming is a robust phenomenon which can be observed in spoken and written production, with a range of syntactic constructions in laboratory tasks and naturally occurring samples of speech, in many languages, and also across languages within the same speaker. It has been used as a vehicle for exploring language production, language comprehension, and the relationship between them. Research in syntactic priming has made it the dominant means of investigating the processes involved in language production and comprehension. Some researchers propose that there are distinct mechanisms underlying the production and comprehension of syntactic structures; however, other researchers suggest that the same mechanisms underlie syntactic priming in production and comprehension. Thus, the mechanisms underlying syntactic priming effects in production and comprehension are still under debate. Moreover, although a fairly large body of research has addressed syntactic priming in production or in comprehension, there are few studies that consider and compare priming effects in both of these modalities. Therefore, the current study reviews the literature on syntactic priming in production and contrasts these findings to those in comprehension. It also provides an overview of syntactic priming effects and mechanisms underlying these effects in both production and comprehension.

Priming a perspective in Spanish monolingual children: The use of syntactic alternatives

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
PERLA B. GÁMEZ ◽  
PRIYA M. SHIMPI ◽  
HEIDI R. WATERFALL ◽  
JANELLEN HUTTENLOCHER
Keyword(s):  
Syntactic Priming ◽  
Priming Effects ◽  
Scene Interpretation ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Priming Paradigm ◽  
Baseline Experiment

ABSTRACTWe used a syntactic priming paradigm to show priming effects for active and passive forms in monolingual Spanish-speaking four- and five-year-olds. In a baseline experiment, we examined children's use of the fue-passive form and found it was virtually non-existent in their speech, although they produced important elements of the form. Children used a more frequent Spanish passive form, the subjectless/se-passive. In a priming experiment, we presented children with drawings described using either active or fue-passive sentences. Children then described novel drawings. Priming was induced for active and passive forms; however, children did not produce the fue-passive provided for them. Instead, children used the subjectless/se-passive and what we term the function-passive, which like the fue-passive, emphasize the patient of the action. We argue that children's use of different passive forms suggests they are sensitive to experimenter's input as it relates to scene interpretation and to syntax.

Syntactic priming in Chinese sentence comprehension: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials

2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingrong Chen ◽  
Xiaodong Xu ◽  
Dingliang Tan ◽  
Jingjing Zhang ◽  
Yuan Zhong
Keyword(s):  
Sentence Comprehension ◽  
Event Related Potentials ◽  
Syntactic Priming ◽  
Related Potentials
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