Priming effect for noun phrase modification in Bengali?
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2024/15/0024/000649Keywords:
structural priming, syntactic complexity, noun phrase modification, BengaliAbstract
This study examines the impact of syntactic complexity on structural priming effects in the context of noun phrase relativisation in Bengali. The result indicates that speakers of SOV languages, when presented with a binary choice of constructions with different levels of syntactic complexity, are predisposed towards the simpler structure, driven by underlying processing strategies, overriding any priming effect during online comprehension tasks.
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