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Structural priming of code-switches in non-shared-word-order utterances: The effect of lexical repetition.
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Bilingualism: Language & Cognition . Aug2023, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p670-683. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Code-switching is generally dispreferred at points of non-shared word order across a bilingual's two languages. In priming studies, this dispreference persists even following exposure to a code-switched non-shared-word-order utterance. The present study delves deeper into the scope of code-switching priming by investigating whether lexical repetition across target and prime, a factor known to boost structural priming, can increase code-switching at points of word order divergence. Afrikaans–English bilinguals (n =46) heard prime sentences in which word order, lexical repetition, and switch position were manipulated and subsequently produced code-switched picture descriptions. The results show that lexical repetition boosts the priming of code-switching in a non-shared word order. The findings demonstrate that code-switching in production is affected by a dynamic interplay between factors both language-internal (i.e., word order) and language-external (i.e., priming, and specifically lexical repetition). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *WORD order (Grammar)
*CODE switching (Linguistics)
*BILINGUALISM
*SPEECH
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13667289
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Bilingualism: Language & Cognition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 171345419
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728923000044