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  <Title>Phil.Maguire@ucd.ie</Title>
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4 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> In summary, we investigated the influence of relation priming on the interpretation of French noun-noun compounds in order to ascertain whether the influence of the modifier observed in studies of English stems from its functional properties rather than the fact that it is encountered first. Our results showed that same and different-relation primes were equally effective when they shared the same head as the target, but that when they shared the same modifier the different-relation primes were less effective. This is consistent with findings from studies of English and suggests that the properties of the modifier and head noun remain consistent regardless of their order in a combination. While our results agree with predictions of the CARIN theory, we speculate that this effect may be due to different senses of the modifier being appropriate depending on its associated relation. Consequently modifiers using different relations are less effective at priming targets with the same relation used in a different sense.</Paragraph>
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