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Priming methods in semantics and pragmatics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Mora Maldonado ,
Benjamin Spector  and
Emmanuel Chemla
Mora Maldonado
Affiliation:
Institut Jean Nicod, Département d'Études Cognitives, École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, CNRS, EHESS, 75005 Paris, France. mora.maldonado@ens.fr benjamin.spector@ens.fr http://mmaldonado.psycholinguae.fr/ https://sites.google.com/site/bspectorpage/ Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, Département d'Études Cognitives, École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, CNRS, EHESS, 75005 Paris, France. chemla@ens.fr http://www.emmanuel.chemla.free.fr/
Benjamin Spector
Affiliation:
Institut Jean Nicod, Département d'Études Cognitives, École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, CNRS, EHESS, 75005 Paris, France. mora.maldonado@ens.fr benjamin.spector@ens.fr http://mmaldonado.psycholinguae.fr/ https://sites.google.com/site/bspectorpage/
Emmanuel Chemla
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, Département d'Études Cognitives, École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, CNRS, EHESS, 75005 Paris, France. chemla@ens.fr http://www.emmanuel.chemla.free.fr/
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Abstract

Structural priming is a powerful method to inform linguistic theories. We argue that this method extends nicely beyond syntax to theories of meaning. Priming, however, should still be seen as only one of the tools available for linguistic data collection. Specifically, because priming can occur at different, potentially conflicting levels, it cannot detect every aspect of linguistic representations.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e303
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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