Effects of Age, Animacy and Activation Order on Sentence Production

Autor/inn/en	Altmann, Lori J. P.; Kemper, Susan
Titel	Effects of Age, Animacy and Activation Order on Sentence Production
Quelle	In: Language and Cognitive Processes, 21 (2006) 1-3, S.322-354 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0169-0965
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Older Adults; Young Adults; Nouns; Sentence Structure; Language Processing; Structural Analysis (Linguistics) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Älterer Erwachsener; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Sprachverarbeitung; Structural analysis; Strukturanalyse
Abstract	The current study examines whether young and older adults have similar preferences for animate-subject and active sentences, and for using the order of activation of a verb's arguments to determine sentence structure. Ninety-six participants produced sentences in response to three-word stimuli that included a verb and two nouns differing in animacy. Dependent variables included accuracy, sentence structure produced, and production times for active vs. passive sentences. Neither group shows a strict preference for active sentences, but the two groups are differentially sensitive to animacy and the order of noun activation. Results suggest that sentence structure choice is a probabilistic, constraint-satisfaction process during which these factors interact. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10