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Semantic integration influences number agreement in language production. Conceptual relatedness promotes singular agreement, supporting the notional hypothesis over the lexical-grammatical one.

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Science
Linguistics

Background:

Number agreement in language production is influenced by both notional (semantic) and grammatical number.
Existing theories offer competing explanations for how conceptual relatedness affects agreement variations.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the role of semantic integration in number agreement.
To differentiate between the notional hypothesis (referential coherence) and the lexical-grammatical hypothesis (noun competition).

Main Methods:

Two experiments utilizing agreement elicitation tasks.
Analysis of agreement variations in response to semantic integration.

Main Results:

Semantic integration led to faster and more frequent singular agreement.
Results consistently supported the notional hypothesis.

Conclusions:

Referential coherence, as influenced by semantic integration, mediates number agreement.
The findings challenge the lexical-grammatical account of agreement variations.