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PVC–DOC Structural Priming #

@cite{haddican-tamminga-dendikken-wade-2026} @cite{dendikken-1995} @cite{halle-marantz-1993} @cite{johnson-1991} @cite{aarts-1989} @cite{bruening-2010a}

English Particle Verbs Prime Double Object Constructions in Production. Linguistic Inquiry. doi:10.1162/LING.a.558

Production priming experiment (N=238) testing whether PVCs prime DOCs.

Design #

Sentence completion task. Two subdesigns (Table 1, p.7):

PVC primes used particle-object order ("put down the vase") to control for surface string similarity with DOC targets (p.5).

Results #

PVCs prime DOCs (β=0.296, p=.005). PVC and DOC primes do not differ in priming magnitude (β=−0.069, p=.503). Consistent with identical structural representations under the SC analysis.

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A priming contrast between two prime conditions.

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      DOC production rate by prime condition. Table 1, p.7. Percentages are integers (e.g., 59 = 59%).

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          Table 1 cell rates #

          Regression contrasts #

          Baseline replication: DOC primes boost DOC production relative to PD primes (β=0.569, SE=0.114, p<.001).

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            Key finding: PVC primes boost DOC production relative to non-PVC control primes (β=0.296, SE=0.105, p=.005).

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              PVC and DOC primes do not differ in their priming of DOCs (β=−0.069, SE=0.104, p=.503; combined 2×4 model, n.9).

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                Verification theorems #

                PVC and DOC primes yield equivalent magnitude — no significant difference.

                Lexical items #

                Structural analyses #

                DOC, Small Clause: [VP V [SC DP_goal DP_theme]]

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                  DOC, Applicative (@cite{halle-marantz-1993}; @cite{bruening-2010a}): [ApplP DP_goal [Appl' Appl [VP V DP_theme]]]

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                    PVC, Small Clause (@cite{aarts-1989}; @cite{dendikken-1995}): [VP V [SC DP Prt]]

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                      PVC, Complex predicate: [VP [V lift+up] DP]

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                        PD, Prepositional dative (control): [VP [V' V DP_theme] [PP P DP_goal]]

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                          Non-PVC transitive control: [VP V DP]

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                            @cite{dendikken-1995} SC family #

                            Resultative, Small Clause: [VP V [SC DP AP]]

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                              Causative, Small Clause: [VP V [SC DP VP]]

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                                Explicit shapes #

                                Structural isomorphism #

                                Den Dikken SC family isomorphism #

                                SC family categorization #

                                Nested SC for DOC #

                                Nested SC DOC: give [SC book [PP to Hsu]].

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                                  @cite{bruening-2021}: process-level isomorphism #

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                                    Bridge to experimental data #