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dc.contributor.authorWesierska, Marta
dc.contributor.authorSerratrice, Ludovica
dc.contributor.authorCieplinska, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorMessenger, Katherine
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-30T14:09:50Z
dc.date.available2024-09-30T14:09:50Z
dc.date.issued2024-03-26
dc.description.abstractA key question in the study of language representation in bilinguals is whether knowledge is shared across languages. Crosslinguistic syntactic priming has been widely used to test bilingual adults’ shared representations, but studies with child bilinguals are few and have several limitations. We addressed these limitations in two studies with Polish–English bilingual children aged 5–11 years (N=96). We investigated bidirectional priming across languages and within each language for a structural alternation with syntactic overlap (attributive constructions) and one without structural overlap (possessive constructions).<p> <p>Bidirectional crosslinguistic priming was found for possessives but not for attributives. Within-languages, there was priming for possessives and attributives in both languages. Priming was not related to children's age, vocabulary, or language dominance scores.<p> <p>We show that representations can be selectively shared between languages at the construction level. The extent to which young bilinguals have shared representations depends on the frequency and complexity of structures in each language.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/investigating-crosslinguistic-representations-in-polishenglish-bilingual-children-evidence-from-structural-priming/CB32636BB73254080D30CEC7727AB301>https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/investigating-crosslinguistic-representations-in-polishenglish-bilingual-children-evidence-from-structural-priming/CB32636BB73254080D30CEC7727AB301</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWesierska M, Serratrice L, Cieplinska, Messenger. Investigating crosslinguistic representations in Polish-English bilingual children: Evidence from structural priming. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2024en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2264262
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1366728924000099
dc.identifier.issn1366-7289
dc.identifier.issn1469-1841
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/34938
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambrigde University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalBilingualism: Language and Cognition
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleInvestigating crosslinguistic representations in Polish-English bilingual children: Evidence from structural primingen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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