Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 2004 - Volume 27, Issue 02  

Behavioral and Brain Sciences (2004), 27:2:296-297 Cambridge University Press
Copyright © 2004 Cambridge University Press
doi:10.1017/S0140525X04250075

Continuing Commentary
Commentary on William J. M. Levelt, Ardi Roelofs, & Antje S. Meyer (1999). A theory of lexical access in speech production. BBS 22(1):1–75.

Syntactic representation in the lemma stratum

Holly P. Branigan a1 and Martin J. Pickering a1
a1 Department of Psychology, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Scotland, United Kingdom Holly.Branigan@ed.ac.uk Martin.Pickering@ed.ac.uk

Abstract

Levelt, Roelofs, & Meyer (henceforth Levelt et al. 1999) propose a model of production incorporating a lemma stratum, which is concerned with the syntactic characteristics of lexical entries. We suggest that syntactic priming experiments provide evidence about how such syntactic information is represented, and that this evidence can be used to extend Levelt et al.'s model. Evidence from syntactic priming experiments also supports Levelt et al.'s conjecture that the lemma stratum is shared between the production and comprehension systems.