RIGHTWARD INCREMENTALITY IN ENCODING SIMPLE PHRASAL FORMS IN SPEECH PRODUCTION - VERB-PARTICLE COMBINATIONS

This article reports 7 experiments investigating whether utterances ar e planned in a parallel or rightward incremental fashion during langua ge production. The experiments examined the role of linear order, leng th, frequency, and repetition in producing Dutch verb-particle combina tions. On each trial, participants produced 1 utterance out of a set o f 3 as quickly as possible. The responses shared part of their form or not. For particle-initial infinitives, facilitation was obtained when the responses shared the particle but not when they shared the verb. For verb-initial imperatives, however, facilitation was obtained for t he verbs but not for the particles. The facilitation increased with le ngth, decreased with frequency, and was independent of repetition. A s imple rightward incremental model accounts quantitatively for the resu lts.