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Repeating non-verbs as well as verbs can boost the syntactic priming effect

Repeating non-verbs as well as verbs can boost the syntactic priming effect
According to Glasgow and HSE/Northumbria researchers, repetition of non-verbs as well as verbs can boost the effect of syntactic priming, i.e. the likelihood of people reproducing the structure of the utterance they have just heard.