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  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Linguistics

Background:

  • Binomial expressions (e.g., 'bread and butter') exhibit consistent word order.
  • The drivers of these preferences are debated: abstract linguistic rules versus direct experience with specific phrases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether abstract linguistic knowledge or direct experience primarily influences word order preferences in binomial expressions.
  • To determine how processing strategies for binomials change with frequency and exposure.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized forced-choice and self-paced reading tasks to assess online processing of binomials.
  • Developed a probabilistic model to estimate abstract knowledge of ordering constraints.
  • Used corpus frequency counts to quantify direct experience with specific binomials.

Main Results:

  • Novel binomials are processed based on abstract ordering constraints, as predicted by the probabilistic model.
  • Highly frequent binomials are processed primarily based on direct experience, correlating with corpus frequency.
  • A trade-off exists: novel expressions depend on abstract knowledge, while frequent ones rely more on direct experience.

Conclusions:

  • Language processing involves a dynamic interplay between abstract compositional rules and direct, holistic memory retrieval.
  • Processing of multi-word expressions shifts from abstract rule application to direct experience with increased exposure.
  • Findings support dual-route models of language comprehension for both novel and familiar expressions.