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Structural priming: A critical review.

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Pickering, Martin J., Ferreira, Victor S.·2008·Psychological Bulletin
DOI 10.1037/0033-2909.134.3.427PMC PMC2657366
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Repetition is a central phenomenon of behavior, and researchers have made extensive use of it to illuminate psychological functioning. In the language sciences, a ubiquitous form of such repetition is structural priming, a tendency to repeat or better process a current sentence because of its structural similarity to a previously experienced ("prime") sentence (J. K. Bock, 1986). The recent explosion of research in structural priming has made it the dominant means of investigating the processes involved in the production (and increasingly, comprehension) of complex expressions such as sentences. This review considers its implications for the representation of syntax and the mechanisms of production and comprehension and their relationship. It then addresses the potential functions of structural priming, before turning to its implications for first language acquisition, bilingualism, and aphasia. The authors close with theoretical and empirical recommendations for future investigations.

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Authors
Pickering, M. J., & Ferreira, V. S.
Affiliations
  • University of Edinburgh (GB)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
ORCID
Venue
Psychological Bulletin
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2008
Volume
134
Issue
3
Pages
427-459
ISSN
  • 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1455
DOI
10.1037/0033-2909.134.3.427
PMC
PMC2657366
OpenAlex
W2020046942
Cited by
1,047
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FWCI
14.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Economic and Social Research Council (RES-062-23-0376)
  • National Institutes of Health (R01-HD051030)
  • British Academy
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
Keywords
structural priming, sentence production, sentence comprehension, syntactic representation, syntactic priming, first language acquisition, bilingualism, aphasia
MeSH terms
Cognition, Humans, Language Development, Speech Perception, Verbal Learning

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