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Building syntactic structures in speaking: a bilingual exploration.

Paul J Meijer1, Jean E Tree

  • 1University of California Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

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|July 24, 2003
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Syntactic priming effects were observed in Spanish-English bilinguals using a sentence recall task. Language of prime sentences influenced target sentence structure, impacting bilingual speech production models.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Bilingualism Research
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Syntactic priming, where sentence structure influences subsequent production, is a well-documented phenomenon.
  • Previous research primarily used monolingual participants, leaving bilingual syntactic processing less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate syntactic priming in Spanish-English bilinguals.
  • To examine cross-linguistic influence on syntactic structure production.
  • To explore implications for models of bilingual speech production.

Main Methods:

  • A sentence recall task was employed across three experiments.
  • Participants memorized target sentences, then recalled them after reading a prime sentence and completing a distraction task.

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  • Experiments varied the languages of prime and target sentences (Spanish and English).

    • Main Results:

    • The prepositional phrase (PP) priming effect was replicated with Spanish primes and English targets.
    • Syntactic priming was also observed with English primes and Spanish targets for different syntactic structures.
    • Results indicate robust syntactic priming effects in bilinguals.

    Conclusions:

    • Syntactic priming is evident in bilinguals, demonstrating cross-linguistic influence.
    • Findings support models of bilingual language production that incorporate shared or interacting syntactic representations.
    • The study highlights the adaptability of syntactic processing in bilingual individuals.