The representation of lexical and syntactic information in bilinguals: Evidence from syntactic priming Export

@article{citeulike:1067603, abstract = {To what extent do bilinguals have a single, integrated representation of syntactic information? According to Hartsuiker et al. (2004) [Hartsuiker, R. J., Pickering, M. J., \& Veltkamp, E. (2004). Is syntax separate or shared between languages? Cross-linguistic syntactic priming in Spanish-English bilinguals. Psychological Science, 15, 409-414.], bilinguals represent syntactic information in terms of links between lexical representations and combinatorial nodes that specify syntactic structure, in a single cross-linguistic network. We describe predictions of this account and test them in two pairs of syntactic priming experiments with Dutch-English bilinguals. In Experiments 1 and 2, we tested priming in English (L2) production. Experiment 1 showed priming within English, and found that this priming was boosted by lexical repetition. Experiment 2 showed priming from Dutch to English, and found that this priming was boosted when prime and target used translation-equivalent verbs. However, this boost was weaker than the lexical boost in Experiment 1. In Experiments 3 and 4, we tested priming in Dutch (L1) production. Experiment 3 showed priming within Dutch, again boosted by lexical repetition. Experiment 4 showed priming from English to Dutch, but found no boost when prime and target were translation-equivalent verbs. We interpret these results in terms of an integrated model of lexical-syntactic representation.}, author = {Schoonbaert, Sofie and Hartsuiker, Robert J. and Pickering, Martin J.}, citeulike-article-id = {1067603}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2006.10.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WK4-4MP5KPM-1/2/523c5861b2934210d745b193b01849ad}, doi = {10.1016/j.jml.2006.10.002}, journal = {Journal of Memory and Language}, keywords = {bilingual, lexical, priming, syntactic}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {153--171}, posted-at = {2008-05-30 04:32:23}, priority = {2}, title = {The representation of lexical and syntactic information in bilinguals: Evidence from syntactic priming}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2006.10.002}, volume = {56}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1067603 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1067603 N2 - To what extent do bilinguals have a single, integrated representation of syntactic information? According to Hartsuiker et al. (2004) [Hartsuiker, R. J., Pickering, M. J., & Veltkamp, E. (2004). Is syntax separate or shared between languages? Cross-linguistic syntactic priming in Spanish-English bilinguals. Psychological Science, 15, 409-414.], bilinguals represent syntactic information in terms of links between lexical representations and combinatorial nodes that specify syntactic structure, in a single cross-linguistic network. We describe predictions of this account and test them in two pairs of syntactic priming experiments with Dutch-English bilinguals. In Experiments 1 and 2, we tested priming in English (L2) production. Experiment 1 showed priming within English, and found that this priming was boosted by lexical repetition. Experiment 2 showed priming from Dutch to English, and found that this priming was boosted when prime and target used translation-equivalent verbs. However, this boost was weaker than the lexical boost in Experiment 1. In Experiments 3 and 4, we tested priming in Dutch (L1) production. Experiment 3 showed priming within Dutch, again boosted by lexical repetition. Experiment 4 showed priming from English to Dutch, but found no boost when prime and target were translation-equivalent verbs. We interpret these results in terms of an integrated model of lexical-syntactic representation. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Memory and Language EP - 171 TI - The representation of lexical and syntactic information in bilinguals: Evidence from syntactic priming VL - 56 SP - 153 KW - bilingual KW - lexical KW - priming KW - syntactic AU - Schoonbaert, Sofie AU - Hartsuiker, Robert AU - Pickering, Martin PY - 2007/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2006.10.002 ER -