The relationship between priming and linguistic representations is mediated by processing constraints. Commentary on Branigan, H. & Pickering, M., “An experimental approach to linguistic representation.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40. L. Robert Slevc a and Iva Ivanova b a University of Maryland, College Park b University of Texas at El Paso This is a preprint version of the following commentary: Slevc, L.R. & Ivanova, I. (2017). The relationship between priming and linguistic representations is mediated by processing constraints. Commentary on Branigan & Pickering ‘An experimental approach to linguistic representation.’ Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40. Published in final form at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X17000589