THE FUNCTIONING OF LEXICAL-GRAMMATICAL PRIMING

Abstract

Priming is the process by which words or grammatical structures activate associations in memory and related concepts. Lexical-grammatical priming refers to a phenomenon that causes the activation of lexical or grammatical material in the speaker's mind during the use of certain words or grammatical structures. This phenomenon is crucial for understanding speech communication, as priming is one of the factors influencing the understanding and interpretation of speech. The function of lexical-grammatical priming is an important aspect in the study of language and psycholinguistics. The study of lexical-grammatical priming allows us to understand how people process linguistic information, how they form their ideas and how human experience affects the recognition of the lexical and grammatical structure of words. The aim of the study is to determine how the perceiver reacts to stimulus words when he hears them, as well as the function of lexicalgrammatical priming. The article conducts an empirical study to test the priming function and gives the result.