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Gestalt-like representations hijack Chunk-and-Pass processing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2016

Magda L. Dumitru
Magda L. Dumitru*
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia magda.dumitru@gmail.com
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Abstract

Christiansen & Chater (C&C) make two related and somewhat contradictory claims, namely that the ever abstract language representations built during Chunk-and-Pass processing allow for ever greater interference from extra-linguistic information, and that it is nevertheless the language system that re-codes incoming information into abstract representations. I analyse these claims and discuss evidence suggesting that Gestalt-like representations hijack Chunk-and-Pass processing.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e69
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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