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TY - CHAP
T1 - How does syntactic priming experience support language development?
AU - Messenger, Katherine
AU - Branigan, Holly
AU - Buckle, Leone
AU - Lindsay, Laura
PY - 2022/9/15
Y1 - 2022/9/15
N2 - Syntactic priming effects are argued to reflect the mechanisms that underlie language acquisition. This chapter explores the predictions of key models for such learning via syntactic priming and discusses the extent to which behavioural evidence is consistent with these predictions. Specifically, the chapter examines whether the timecourse of priming effects in research with children reflects lasting effects of syntactic experiences, and what between-group and between-individual variation in priming effects, predicted by the error-based nature of the learning mechanism, might be expected. The chapter also considers whether learning via priming might be located in comprehension and – or production processes. The chapter finishes by making recommendations for how future research may build on existing findings to further test these models, including discussing methodological implications.
AB - Syntactic priming effects are argued to reflect the mechanisms that underlie language acquisition. This chapter explores the predictions of key models for such learning via syntactic priming and discusses the extent to which behavioural evidence is consistent with these predictions. Specifically, the chapter examines whether the timecourse of priming effects in research with children reflects lasting effects of syntactic experiences, and what between-group and between-individual variation in priming effects, predicted by the error-based nature of the learning mechanism, might be expected. The chapter also considers whether learning via priming might be located in comprehension and – or production processes. The chapter finishes by making recommendations for how future research may build on existing findings to further test these models, including discussing methodological implications.
KW - long-term priming
KW - implicit learning
KW - mechanisms
KW - timecourse
KW - variation
KW - prediction
U2 - 10.1075/tilar.31.04mes
DO - 10.1075/tilar.31.04mes
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789027211637
T3 - Trends in Language Acquisition Research
SP - 57
EP - 82
BT - Syntactic priming in language acquisition
A2 - Messenger, Katherine
PB - John Benjamins Publishing Company
ER -