Cognition and native-language grammar: The organizational role of adjective-noun word order in information representation |
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Authors: | Elise J Percy Steven J Sherman Leonel Garcia-Marques André Mata Teresa Garcia-Marques |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, 1101 E. 10th St., 47405, Bloomington, IN 2. University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal 3. Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal 4. Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisbon, Portugal
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Abstract: | In the present research, we investigated the influence of native-language adjective-noun word order on category accessibility
for nouns and adjectives by comparing Portuguese speakers (in whose language nouns precede adjectives) with English speakers
(in whose language adjectives precede nouns). In two studies, we presented participants with different numbers of verbal or
pictorial stimuli, and subsequently they answered questions about noun- and adjective-conditioned frequencies. The results
demonstrated a primacy effect of nativelanguage word order. Specifically, although both populations showed a speed advantage
for noun-conditioned questions, this tendency was significantly stronger for Portuguese than for American participants. We
discuss the important role of native-language syntax rules for the categorization and representation of information. |
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