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Dr Kate Messenger

Senior Lecturer

  1. 2024
  2. Forthcoming

    Syntactic priming as implicit learning in German child language

    Tafuri, M. & Messenger, K., 4/08/2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Child Language.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    The Role of Explicit Memory Across Second Language Syntactic Development: A Structural Priming Study

    Coumel, M., Muylle, M., Messenger, K. & Hartsuiker, R. J., 30/06/2024, In: Language Learning. 74, 2, p. 402-435 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. E-pub ahead of print

    Investigating crosslinguistic representations in Polish-English bilingual children: Evidence from structural priming

    Wesierska, M., Serratrice, L., Cieplinska, V. & Messenger, K., 26/03/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    Now You See Me, Now You don’t: Children Learn Grammatical Choices During Online Socially Contingent Video and Audio Interactions

    Buckle, L., Branigan, H. P., Lindsay, L. & Messenger, K., 18/03/2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Language Learning and Development.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. 2023
  7. Published

    The Role of Prediction Error in 4-Year-Olds’ Learning of English Direct Object Datives

    Gambi, C. & Messenger, K., 23/11/2023, In: Languages. 8, 4, 276.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Second Language Learning via Syntactic Priming: Investigating the Role of Modality, Attention, and Motivation

    Coumel, M., Ushioda, E. & Messenger, K., 31/03/2023, In: Language Learning. 73, 1, p. 231-265 35 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 2022
  10. Published

    Learning multiple L2 syntactic structures via chat-based alignment: What is the role of learners’ prior knowledge and conscious decisions?

    Coumel, M., Ushioda, E. & Messenger, K., 31/10/2022, In: System. 109, 17 p., 102869.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Introduction to syntactic priming in language acquisition: Representations, mechanisms and applications

    Messenger, K., 29/09/2022, Syntactic Priming in Language Acquisition: Representations, mechanisms and applications. Messenger, K. (ed.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 1-14 14 p. (Trends in Language Acquisition Research; vol. 31).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  12. Published

    How does syntactic priming experience support language development?

    Messenger, K., Branigan, H., Buckle, L. & Lindsay, L., 15/09/2022, Syntactic priming in language acquisition: Representations, mechanisms and applications. Messenger, K. (ed.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 57-82 16 p. (Trends in Language Acquisition Research; vol. 31).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  13. Published

    The Art of Conversation: How Do We Communicate Successfully?

    Coumel, M., Hardy, S. M. & Messenger, K., 25/03/2022, In: Frontiers for Young Minds. 10, 639598.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  14. Published

    Is Passive Priming Really Impervious to Verb Semantics? A High-Powered Replication of Messenger Et al. (2012)

    Darmasetiyawan, I. M. S., Messenger, K. & Ambridge, B., 10/01/2022, In: Collabra: Psychology. 8, 1, 18 p., 31055.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. 2021
  16. Published

    The Persistence of Priming: Exploring Long‐lasting Syntactic Priming Effects in Children and Adults

    Messenger, K., 30/06/2021, In: Cognitive Science. 45, 6, 30 p., e13005.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. 2020
  18. Published

    An exemplar model should be able to explain all syntactic priming phenomena: A commentary on Ambridge (2020)

    Messenger, K., Hardy, S. M. & Coumel, M., 10/02/2020, In: First Language. 40, 5-6

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. 2018
  20. Published

    Mistakes weren’t made: Three-year-olds’ comprehension of novel-verb passives provides evidence for early abstract syntax

    Messenger, K. & Fisher, C., 28/05/2018, In: Cognition. 178, p. 118-132

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 2017
  22. Published

    Aging and syntactic representations: Evidence of preserved syntactic priming and lexical boost.

    Hardy, S., Messenger, K. & Maylor, E. A., 09/2017, In: Psychology and Aging. 32, 6, p. 588-536

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 2016
  24. Published

    Consistent and cumulative effects of syntactic experience in children’s sentence production: Evidence for error-based implicit learning

    Branigan, H. P. & Messenger, K., 26/09/2016, In: Cognition. 157, p. 250-256

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. 2014
  26. Published

    Learning Verb Syntax via Listening: New Evidence From 22-Month-Olds

    Messenger, K., Yuan, S. & Fisher, C., 13/12/2014, In: Language Learning and Development. 11, 4, p. 356-368

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. 2012
  28. Published

    Is young children’s passive syntax semantically constrained? Evidence from syntactic priming

    Messenger, K., Branigan, H. P., McLean, J. F. & Sorace, A., 19/04/2012, In: Journal of Memory and Language. 66, 4, p. 568-587

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. 2011
  30. Published

    Is children's acquisition of the passive a staged process? Evidence from six- and nine-year-olds' production of passives

    Messenger, K., BRANIGAN, H. P. & McLEAN, J. F., 19/12/2011, In: Journal of Child Language. 39, 5, p. 991 - 1016

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Evidence for (shared) abstract structure underlying children’s short and full passives

    Messenger, K., Branigan, H. P. & McLean, J. F., 3/07/2011, In: Cognition. 121, 2, p. 268-274

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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