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The functions of structural priming

Ferreira, Victor S., Bock, Kathryn·2006·Language and Cognitive Processes
DOI 10.1080/01690960600824609
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Structural priming refers to speakers' tendency to produce sentences with previously heard or produced syntactic structures. We review arguments and evidence for three common accounts of the functions of structural priming. One is that structural priming enhances fluency. Only some (reaction time and fluency measure) evidence supports this view. A second account argues that structural priming stems from implicit learning of how features of meaning are linked to syntactic configurations. We describe evidence suggesting that structural priming exhibits effects characteristic of both learning and implicitness. A third account claims that structural priming is an aspect of coordination or alignment among interlocutors. Consistent with this, some evidence shows that structural priming involves a shorter-term component that is broadly sensitive to repeated bindings of wide-ranging types of knowledge. Together, these observations suggest that structural priming is likely a multifaceted force that reflects implicit learning and, possibly independently, alignment among interlocutors.

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Authors
Ferreira, V. S., & Bock, K.
Affiliations
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
ORCID
Ferreira, Victor S.
Venue
Language and Cognitive Processes
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2006-11
Volume
21
Issue
7-8
Pages
1011-1029
ISSN
  • 0169-0965 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-0732
DOI
10.1080/01690960600824609
OpenAlex
W2031473602
Cited by
266
References
58
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 25 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 14
FWCI
5.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Language and Cognitive Processes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH064733, R01MH066089)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD051030, R01HD021011)
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, syntactic priming, implicit learning, speech fluency, reaction time, coordination, binding, sentence production, syntactic structure

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