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@article{ART002966382},
author={Chorong Kang},
title={Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2023},
volume={80},
number={2},
pages={367-400},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.80.2.202305.367}

TY - JOUR
AU - Chorong Kang
TI - Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2023
VL - 80
IS - 2
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 367
EP - 400
SN - 1598-3021
AB - One of the well-observed phenomena in psycholinguistics is that comprehending or producing a sentence can be facilitated or guided by previous exposure to a sentence that shares the same syntactic structure. This phenomenon is called “structure priming”. Although structure priming is well observed in many constructions in many languages, not many works have investigated whether unpronounced syntactic or semantic structures can be the subject of priming. This study investigates the priming effect in the processing of Korean null object constructions using a picture-matching task. In the experiment, participants were asked to choose a picture that matches a given sentence that includes a null object. The results show that participants were more likely to choose the picture that matches the sloppy interpretation for a target sentence when the previous prime sentence with a null object was biased to have the sloppy reading. Likewise, the picture that matches the strict reading was more likely to be chosen when the previous prime sentence was biased to have the strict reading. This indicates that the silent linguistic unit can be the subject of priming. Some implications of the observed priming effects on theoretical issues in Korean null arguments are discussed as well.
KW - Priming in Comprehension;Null Objects;Picture-Matching Task;Argument Ellipsis
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.80.2.202305.367
ER -

Chorong Kang. (2023). Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 80(2), 367-400.

Chorong Kang. 2023, "Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.80, no.2 pp.367-400. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.80.2.202305.367

Chorong Kang "Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 80.2 pp.367-400 (2023) : 367.

Chorong Kang. Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments. 2023; 80(2), 367-400. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.80.2.202305.367

Chorong Kang. "Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 80, no.2 (2023) : 367-400.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.80.2.202305.367

Chorong Kang. Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 80(2), 367-400. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.80.2.202305.367

Chorong Kang. Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2023; 80(2) 367-400. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.80.2.202305.367

Chorong Kang. Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments. 2023; 80(2), 367-400. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.80.2.202305.367

Chorong Kang. "Structure Priming in the Interpretation of Korean Null Arguments" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 80, no.2 (2023) : 367-400.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.80.2.202305.367