PMID- 19452278 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090724 LR - 20211020 IS - 1573-6555 (Electronic) IS - 0090-6905 (Print) IS - 0090-6905 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 3 DP - 2009 Jun TI - The time course of verb processing in Dutch sentences. PG - 181-99 LID - 10.1007/s10936-009-9117-3 [doi] AB - The verb has traditionally been characterized as the central element in a sentence. Nevertheless, the exact role of the verb during the actual ongoing comprehension of a sentence as it unfolds in time remains largely unknown. This paper reports the results of two Cross-Modal Lexical Priming (CMLP) experiments detailing the pattern of verb priming during on-line processing of Dutch sentences. Results are contrasted with data from a third CMLP experiment on priming of nouns in similar sentences. It is demonstrated that the meaning of a matrix verb remains active throughout the entire matrix clause, while this is not the case for the meaning of a subject head noun. Activation of the meaning of the verb only dissipates upon encountering a clear signal as to the start of a new clause. FAU - de Goede, Dieuwke AU - de Goede D AD - University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. dieuwke.degoede@mpi.nl FAU - Shapiro, Lewis P AU - Shapiro LP FAU - Wester, Femke AU - Wester F FAU - Swinney, David A AU - Swinney DA FAU - Bastiaanse, Roelien AU - Bastiaanse R LA - eng GR - R01 DC000494/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States GR - DC000494/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States GR - DC02984/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090519 PL - United States TA - J Psycholinguist Res JT - Journal of psycholinguistic research JID - 0333506 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Analysis of Variance MH - *Comprehension MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Netherlands MH - *Psycholinguistics MH - Reaction Time MH - *Semantics MH - Speech MH - *Speech Perception MH - Task Performance and Analysis MH - Time Factors MH - Young Adult PMC - PMC3397669 MID - NIHMS388004 EDAT- 2009/05/20 09:00 MHDA- 2009/07/25 09:00 PMCR- 2012/07/16 CRDT- 2009/05/20 09:00 PHST- 2009/03/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/04/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/05/20 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/05/20 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/07/25 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/07/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s10936-009-9117-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Psycholinguist Res. 2009 Jun;38(3):181-99. doi: 10.1007/s10936-009-9117-3. Epub 2009 May 19.