@article {Hartsuiker:1 February 1999:0272-4987:129, author = "Hartsuiker, Robert J.", author = "Kolk, Herman H.J.", author = "Huiskamp, Philippine", title = "Priming Word Order in Sentence Production", journal = "The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology A", volume = "52", year = "1 February 1999", abstract = "When producing a sentence, the speaker needs to place words in linear order. We hypothesized the existence of a linearization process, which imposes order on a constituent structure. This structure is assumed to be specified with respect to hierarchial relations between constituents but not with respect to word order. We tested this hypothesis in a primed picture description experiment. Speakers of Dutch repeated prime sentences and described target pictures. Word order of prime sentences was manipulated (e.g. ''On the table is a ball'' vs. ''A ball is on the table''). Both alternatives could be used in the description of unrelated target pictures. In support of our hypothesis, word order was ''persistent'': Speakers were more likely to use a given word order, when the prime sentence had that same word order. We argue that our results support the notion of a linearization process and reject the alternative explanation that the results should be attributed to persistent selection of a fully specified syntactic frame.", pages = "129-147(19)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/psych/pqja/1999/00000052/00000001/art00006" doi = "doi:10.1080/027249899391250" }