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Direct linkGagne, Christina L.; Spalding, Thomas L. – Brain and Language, 2004
Two experiments investigate whether relations that link the constituents of compounds during compound formation (e.g., "teapot" is formed by combining "tea" and "pot" using the relation "head noun FOR modifier") also influence the processing of familiar compounds. Although there is evidence for the use of such relations in forming compounds,…
Descriptors: Nouns, Experiments, Language Processing, Task Analysis
Gagne, Christina L.; Spalding, Thomas L.; Ji, Hongbo – Journal of Memory and Language, 2005
In a recent study of conceptual combination, Estes (2003) presented evidence for the priming of relational information in the absence of shared constituents between the prime and target (e.g., "pancake spatula" was interpreted more quickly following "bacon tongs" than following "city riots"). He argued that these data support the view that…
Descriptors: Semantics, Nouns, Experiments, Syntax
