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Syntactic priming: a corpus-based approach
1Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. gries@eva.mpg.de
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
|September 6, 2005
Summary
This study shows corpus data reveals syntactic priming effects similar to experimental findings for dative alternation and verb-particle constructions. Priming is verb-specific, impacting psycholinguistic model building.
Area of Science:
- Psycholinguistics
- Corpus Linguistics
- Syntax
Background:
- Syntactic priming describes the tendency to reuse grammatical constructions.
- Previous research primarily relied on experimental data.
- The applicability of corpus data to priming studies was questioned.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate syntactic priming using corpus data.
- To analyze dative alternation and verb-particle constructions.
- To compare corpus-based findings with experimental results.
Main Methods:
- Corpus-based analysis of the ICE-GB corpus.
- Examination of dative alternation patterns.
- Investigation of transitive phrasal verb particle placement.
Main Results:
- Corpus findings for dative alternation align with experimental data.
- Syntactic priming was observed in verb-particle constructions.
- Priming effects demonstrated significant verb specificity.
Conclusions:
- Corpus data provide valuable insights into syntactic priming.
- Findings support the verb-specific nature of priming effects.
- Corpus linguistics can inform psycholinguistic model development.