Effects of structural priming on the processing of passive sentences in Brazilian- Portuguese

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2023.1.44446

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Structural priming, Passive voice, Lexical repetition

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Two experiments which investigate structural priming effects on the processing of passive voice sentences in Portuguese are presented. In experimente 1, 22 participants read 120 experimental sentences and 120 filler sentences, divided in two conditions: experimental, which included target structure repetition and repetition of the main verb between prime and target sentences, and control, which excluded structural repetition and included lexical repetition of the main verb between prime and target sentences. Results show that repetition of the passive voice syntactic structure and of the main verb facilitated processing of the target sentence verb in the experimental condition compared to the control condition. In experiment 2, 38 participants read 160 experimental sentences and 160 filler ones, also divided in two conditions: experimental, which included structural repetition and excluded lexical repetition, and control, which excluded both structural and lexical repetitions. Results show that repetition of the passive voice syntactic structure did not facilitate processing of the target sentence verb in the experimental condition compared to the control condition. Thus, the detection of priming effects only in experiment 1 seems to indicate that, at least for this sample of Portuguese adult native speakers, structural priming effects during comprehension are dependent on lexical repetition.

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Mailce Borges Mota, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Postgraduate Program in English and Postgraduate Program in Linguistics, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

PhD in Letters-English and Corresponding Literature (UFSC), Master in Letters-English and Corresponding Literature (UFSC) and Degree in Letters – Portuguese and English (UFSC). She is a Research Productivity Fellow (Level 1D) from CNPq. She is a founding member of the National Science for Education Network (CpE Network). She coordinates the Language and Cognitive Processes Laboratory (LabLing).

Natália Pinheiro De Angeli, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Postgraduate Program in English, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

PhD student in Linguistic Studies in the Postgraduate Program in English: Linguistic and Literary Studies (PPGI/UFSC), with a scholarship from the Santa Catarina State Research Support Foundation (FAPESC). Master in Linguistic and Literary Studies (UFSC). Bachelor of Arts - English (UFSC).

Pedro Ricardo Bin, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Postgraduate Program in English, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

Master's student in the Postgraduate Program in English: Linguistic and Literary Studies (PPGI) at UFSC. Degree in Literature - English (UFSC).

Pietra Cassol Rigatti, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Postgraduate Program in Linguistics, Florianópolis, SC. Brazil.

PhD student in Linguistics (PPGL/UFSC) and CAPES/PROEX scholarship holder. Master in Letters-Psycholinguistics (UFRGS). Degree in Portuguese-English Literature (UFRGS).

Pedro Vitor Freixiela Adamczyk, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Postgraduate Program in Linguistics, Florianópolis, SC. Brazil.

PhD student in Linguistics (PPGL/UFSC). Master in Linguistics (PPGL/UFSC). Graduated in Biological Sciences (UFSC).

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Borges Mota, M., Pinheiro De Angeli, N., Ricardo Bin, P., Cassol Rigatti, P., & Freixiela Adamczyk, P. V. (2023). Effects of structural priming on the processing of passive sentences in Brazilian- Portuguese. Letrônica, 16(1), e44446. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2023.1.44446

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