Saying the right word at the right time: Syntagmatic and paradigmatic interference in sentence production
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In: Language and Cognitive Processes, Vol. 23, No. 4, 01.01.2008, p. 583-608.
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T1 - Saying the right word at the right time: Syntagmatic and paradigmatic interference in sentence production
AU - Dell, G.S.
AU - Oppenheim, G.M.
AU - Kittredge, A.K.
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - Retrieving a word in a sentence requires speakers to overcome syntagmatic, as well as paradigmatic interference. When accessing cat in "The cat chased the string," not only are similar competitors such as dog and cap activated, but also other words in the planned sentence, such as chase and string. We hypothesize that both types of interference impact the same stage of lexical access, and review connectionist models of production that use an error-driven learning algorithm to overcome that interference. This learning algorithm creates a mechanism that limits syntagmatic interference, the syntactic "traffic cop," a configuration of excitatory and inhibitory connections from syntactic-sequential states to lexical units. We relate the models to word and sentence production data, from both normal and aphasic speakers.
AB - Retrieving a word in a sentence requires speakers to overcome syntagmatic, as well as paradigmatic interference. When accessing cat in "The cat chased the string," not only are similar competitors such as dog and cap activated, but also other words in the planned sentence, such as chase and string. We hypothesize that both types of interference impact the same stage of lexical access, and review connectionist models of production that use an error-driven learning algorithm to overcome that interference. This learning algorithm creates a mechanism that limits syntagmatic interference, the syntactic "traffic cop," a configuration of excitatory and inhibitory connections from syntactic-sequential states to lexical units. We relate the models to word and sentence production data, from both normal and aphasic speakers.
KW - LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
KW - PSYCHOLOGY
KW - EXPERIMENTAL
U2 - 10.1080/01690960801920735
DO - 10.1080/01690960801920735
M3 - Article
VL - 23
SP - 583
EP - 608
JO - Language and Cognitive Processes
JF - Language and Cognitive Processes
SN - 0169-0965
IS - 4
ER -