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The selection of determiners and inflections during language production: A task comparison

Janssen, Dr. Niels and Schiller, Dr. Niels O. and Alario, Dr. F.-Xavier (2009) The selection of determiners and inflections during language production: A task comparison. [Preprint] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The research presented here addressed the question whether determiner and inflection retrieval rely on shared or distinct selection mechanisms. In three experiments, determiner and inflection retrieval was assessed by having Dutch participants produce gender-marked determiner NPs, gender-marked inflection NPs, as well as bare nouns. Performance was tested in two tasks: picture-word interference (Experiment 1) and simple picture naming (Experiments 2 and 3). In Experiment 1, a gender congruency effect was found for determiners, but not for inflections, nor for bare nouns. Likewise, in Experiments 2 and 3, a gender by number interaction was found for determiners, but not for inflections, or bare nouns. These results suggest that different mechanisms underlie the production of determiners and inflections. A further discussion of the determiner results clarifies the constraints that the observed pattern places on theories of lexical selection.

Item Type:Preprint
Keywords: noun phrase production; grammatical gender; psycholinguistics; language production; determiners; inflections; picture-word interference; simple picture naming
Subjects:Psychology > Cognitive Psychology
Psychology > Psycholinguistics
ID Code:6635
Deposited By:Janssen, Dr. Niels
Deposited On:15 Oct 2009 23:57
Last Modified:15 Oct 2009 23:57

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