Gregory, E. orcid.org/0000-0002-1021-8674, Varley, R. and Herbert, R. orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-1091 (2012) Determiner Primes as Facilitators of Lexical Retrieval in English. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 41 (6). pp. 439-453. ISSN 0090-6905
Abstract
Gender priming studies have demonstrated facilitation of noun production following pre-activation of a target noun’s grammatical gender. Findings provide support for models in which syntactic information relating to words is stored within the lexicon and activated during lexical retrieval. Priming effects are observed in the context of determiner plus noun phrase production. Few studies demonstrate gender priming effects in bare noun production (i.e., nouns in isolation). We investigated the effects of English determiner primes on bare mass and count noun production. In two experiments, participants named pictures after exposure to primes involving congruent, incongruent and neutral determiners. Facilitation of noun production by congruent and neutral determiner primes was found in both experiments. The results suggest that noun phrase syntax is activated in lexical retrieval, even when not explicitly required for production. Post hoc analysis of the relative frequency of congruent and incongruent prime-target pairs provides support for a frequency-based interpretation of the data.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Spoken word production; Priming; Determiner; Syntax; Noun phrase; Frequency |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > Department of Human Communication Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2017 15:22 |
Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2018 20:33 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-012-9207-5 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10936-012-9207-5 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112012 |