Core Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Syntactic Priming: A Comparison of Three Alternative Models.

ABSTRACT: Syntactic priming (SP) is the effect by which, in a dialogue, the current speaker tends to re-use the syntactic constructs of the previous speakers. SP has been used as a window into the nature of syntactic representations within and across languages. Because of its importance, it is crucial to understand the mechanisms behind it. Currently, two competing theories exist. According to the transient activation account, SP is driven by the re-activation of declarative memory structures that encode structures. According to the error-based implicit learning account, SP is driven by prediction errors while processing sentences. By integrating both transient activation and associative learning, Reitter et al.'s hybrid model 2011 assumes that SP is achieved by both mechanisms, and predicts a primi

SUBMITTER: Yang YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8273879 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature