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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > priming effect > syntactic priming effect

Preferred term

syntactic priming effect  

Definition

  • A priming effect that occurs when exposure to a sentence influences the production or comprehension of another sentence with the same syntactic structure. For example, after hearing a sentence, speakers tend to produce a sentence with the same grammatical form.

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • structural persistence
  • structural priming
  • syntactic persistence
  • syntactic priming

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Bock, K., Dell, G. S., Chang, F., & Onishi, K. H. (2007). Persistent structural priming from language comprehension to language production. Cognition, 104(3), 437–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2006.07.003

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Kumarage, S., Donnelly, S., & Kidd, E. (2024). A meta-analysis of syntactic priming experiments in children. Journal of Memory and Language, 138, 104532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2024.104532

    [Study type: meta-analysis / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-GM3KP6TP-F

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