title: Towards a complete multiple-mechanism account of predictive language processing.
abstract: Although we agree with Pickering & Garrod (P&G) that prediction-by-simulation and prediction-by-association are important mechanisms of anticipatory language processing, this commentary suggests that they: (1) overlook other potential mechanisms that might underlie prediction in language processing, (2) overestimate the importance of prediction-by-association in early childhood, and (3) underestimate the complexity and significance of several factors that might mediate prediction during language processing.
authors.affiliation: Language Acquisition Junior Research Group, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany. nmani@gwdg.de
authors.forename: Nivedita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: Falk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huettig
mesh_terms: D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*