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Structural priming and the representation of language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Holly P. Branigan  and
Martin J. Pickering
Holly P. Branigan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom. holly.branigan@ed.ac.uk http://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/holly-branigan martin.pickering@ed.ac.uk http://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/martin-pickering
Martin J. Pickering
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom. holly.branigan@ed.ac.uk http://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/holly-branigan martin.pickering@ed.ac.uk http://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/martin-pickering
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Abstract

Structural priming offers a powerful method for experimentally investigating the mental representation of linguistic structure. We clarify the nature of our proposal, justify the versatility of priming, consider alternative approaches, and discuss how our specific account can be extended to new questions as part of an interdisciplinary programme integrating linguistics and psychology as part of the cognitive sciences of language.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e313
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