Conceptual structure modulates structural priming in the production of complex sentences

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 537-555

  Griffin, Zenzi M ^a   Weinstein Tull, Justin ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language production; Message planning; Semantics; Sentence recall; Structural priming; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242653870     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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