Abstract syntax in sentence production: Evidence from stem-exchange errors  

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Lane, Liane Wardlow

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Memory and Language (Full Text) vol. 62 no. 2 (2010), page 151–165.
Topik: Syntax Language production Speech errors Stem-exchange errors
Fulltext: Wardlow_Lane_Liane.pdf (375.7KB)

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Three experiments tested theories of syntactic representation by assessing stem-exchange errors (‘‘hates the record”?‘‘records the hate”). Previous research has shown that in stem exchanges, speakers pronounce intended nouns (‘‘REcord”) as verbs (‘‘reCORD”), yielding syntactically well-formed utterances. By lexically based theories, resulting utterances are well-formed because speakers originally selected verbal forms (‘‘reCORD”). By frame-based theories, resulting utterances are well-formed because independent syntactic frames compel conversion of intended nouns into verbs. Lexically based theories predict stemexchange errors should occur independently of syntactic context. Experiment 1 showed that speakers pronounced nouns as verbs only in utterances that required verbs; when utterances allowed nouns or verbs (‘‘record and hate”), speakers pronounced nouns as nouns. Experiment 2 showed this was not an artifact of requiring specific utterance types. Experiment 3 ruled out a phonological influence over syntactic production. Consistent with frame-based theories, this evidence suggests that syntactic frames are abstract and independent.

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