Way better that way
Asymmetric priming of lexical and grammatical way
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20780436 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christer Johansson (0000-0002-8459-9852, University of Bergen), Jerzy Nykiel (0000-0001-9395-7095, University of Bergen), Aukse Salte (0000-0003-3076-8902, University of Bergen) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 869-900 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling-2024-0194 |
| OpenAlex | W7167482672 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 59 |
Lexical and grammatical uses of the same word have asymmetric processing costs. This article presents a study on the word way , which has recently increased in frequency as a grammaticalized intensifier. In a priming experiment presented in this study we observed a significant slowdown of grammatical way when it was preceded by lexical way , confirming previous findings. We attribute this slowdown to the cost of switching from declarative to procedural processing with different neurological pathways. The study included 30 bilingual subjects tested on 88 distinct recorded sentences and 18 sentences to be detected as nonsensical. The results indicate asymmetric costs of processing when a lexical usage was preceded by a grammatical usage of the word way . We also confirmed collocation patterns which indicate that language users avoid switching between lexical and grammatical forms
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