The authors argue that Ambridge’s radical exemplar account of language cannot clearly explain all syntactic priming evidence, such as inverse preference effects (greater priming for less frequent structures), and the contrast between short-lived lexical boost and long-lived abstract priming. Moreover, without recourse to a level of abstract syntactic structure, Ambridge’s account cannot explain abstract priming in amnesia patients or cross-linguistic priming. Instead, the authors argue that abstract representations remain the more parsimonious account for the wide variety of syntactic priming phenomena.

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典范模型应该能够解释所有句法启动现象：《关于安布里奇的评论》（2020年）

作者认为，安布里奇（Ambridge）对语言的激进榜样解释不能清楚地解释所有句法启动证据，例如逆向偏好效应（对频率较低的结构采用更大的启动），以及短暂的词汇助推和长期的抽象启动之间的对比。而且，在没有诉诸抽象句法结构的情况下，Ambridge的叙述无法解释健忘症患者的抽象启动或跨语言启动。相反，作者认为抽象表示法仍然是各种句法启动现象的更为简约的解释。