Priming ditransitive structures in comprehension. Arai, M., van Gompel, R. P G, & Scheepers, C. Cognit Psychol, 54(3):218-50, 2007.
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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, Pickering, & McLean, 2005; Scheepers & 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.
@Article{Arai2007,
  author   = {Manabu Arai and Roger P G van Gompel and Christoph Scheepers},
  journal  = {Cognit Psychol},
  title    = {Priming ditransitive structures in comprehension.},
  year     = {2007},
  number   = {3},
  pages    = {218-50},
  volume   = {54},
  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, Pickering, & McLean,
	2005; Scheepers & 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.},
  doi      = {10.1016/j.cogpsych.2006.07.001},
  keywords = {16973144},
}

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