Syntactic representations encode grammatical functions: evidence from the priming of mapping between grammatical functions and thematic roles in Cantonese

Song, Yoonsang; Lai, Ryan Ka Yau

doi:10.1080/23273798.2021.1942086

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“…CL-policeman catch-PERF CL-thief SFP “The policeman has caught the thief”). Given that both prime and target sentences have the Theme in the Direct Object position, Song and Lai (2021) attributed this priming effect to a mapping from conceptual representations (i.e., thematic roles) to grammatical functions (i.e., Direct Object) first, and then to word order, hence supporting the two-stage model. 3…”

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“…Chen et al, 2013; Song & Lai, 2021) also compatible with the one-stage model. In Song and Lai (2021), Cantonese participants were presented with object-topicalisation object-subject-verb (OSV) prime sentences, as in (lit.) CL-thief TOP CL-policeman catch-PERF SFP 2 “The thief, the policeman has caught,” where the Theme (“the thief”) was assigned the grammatical function of Direct Object but was topicalised to the sentence-initial position.…”

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“…In terms of the conceptual-to-function mapping(s), structural priming evidence for the two-stage model is relatively rare, only occasionally found in Cantonese (e.g., Song & Lai, 2021) or cross-linguistic/bilingual data (e.g., B. Chen et al, 2013; Shin & Christianson, 2009), with some findings (e.g., B.…”

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Grammatical encoding of double-object alternations in Zhuang: Evidence for the one-stage model

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Production research has yielded mixed findings regarding whether grammatical encoding specifies grammatical functions and linear word order simultaneously or separately, supporting either one-stage or two-stage models. Here we focused on the double object (DO) and shifted double object (SDO) constructions in Zhuang, an ethnic minority language in China, because they differ only in linear ordering of the two nouns whose grammatical functions are direct object and indirect object, assuming the roles of Theme and Recipient, respectively. Using two structural priming experiments, we found that both DO and SDO constructions induced within-structure priming effects, but they did not prime each other. Such structural priming effects persisted, regardless of whether semantic features (i.e., animacy of the Theme) were repeated across primes and targets. Taken together, these priming patterns support the one-stage model of grammatical encoding, where a conceptual representation is converted into a structure specifying both grammatical functions and linear word order.

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Grammatical encoding of double-object alternations in Zhuang: Evidence for the one-stage model

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“…6 Other types of lexical overlap such as prepositions (e.g., "by" vs "for") can impact priming effects as well (Ziegler et al, 2019). And, while structural priming occurs without shared thematic roles, the order of thematic roles can themselves lead to priming (Chang, Bock, & Goldberg, 2003;Song & Lai, 2021). These kinds of observations suggest that structural priming may not be so abstract and content-free after all.…”

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2023

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Grammatical encoding refers to the processes involved in organizing a non-linguistic message into ordered set of representations that can then go through phonological spell-out and eventually be articulated. This includes the selection and retrieval of syntactic and lexical forms, as well as determining the appropriate morphonological forms and constituent order for a given message. This chapter briefly describes a consensus view of the architecture of grammatical encoding and what we know about its underlying cognitive/neural mechanisms. It then discusses several topics that are under debate or not yet well understood. These include questions about the discrete vs. gradient nature of grammatical representations, the relationship between grammatical encoding and syntactic parsing, the incrementality and scope of grammatical encoding, the effects of learning and experience, and factors influencing syntactic choice. Despite these many open questions, our understanding of grammatical encoding has had significant progress and the chapter ends by highlighting some important insights we have gained so far.

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Syntactic representations encode grammatical functions: evidence from the priming of mapping between grammatical functions and thematic roles in Cantonese

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Grammatical encoding of double-object alternations in Zhuang: Evidence for the one-stage model

Grammatical encoding of double-object alternations in Zhuang: Evidence for the one-stage model

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