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. 2016 Jan:39:e69.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X15000758.

Gestalt-like representations hijack Chunk-and-Pass processing

Magda L Dumitru  1
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Gestalt-like representations hijack Chunk-and-Pass processing

Magda L Dumitru. Behav Brain Sci. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

Christiansen & Chater (C&C) make two related and somewhat contradictory claims, namely that the ever abstract language representations built during Chunk-and-Pass processing allow for ever greater interference from extra-linguistic information, and that it is nevertheless the language system that re-codes incoming information into abstract representations. I analyse these claims and discuss evidence suggesting that Gestalt-like representations hijack Chunk-and-Pass processing.

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