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Structural priming of code-switches in non-shared-word-order utterances : The effect of lexical repetition

Berghoff, Robyn ; Gullberg, Marianne LU orcid and Kootstra, Gerrit Jan (2023) In Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 26(4). p.670-683
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... (More)
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). (Less)
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code-switching, priming, word order, bilingualism, lexical boost, speech production
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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
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26
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4
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670 - 683
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Cambridge University Press
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1366-7289
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10.1017/S1366728923000044
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Embodied bilingualism (a Wallenberg Scholar project)
Unravelling the multilingual mind
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English
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  author       = {{Berghoff, Robyn and Gullberg, Marianne and Kootstra, Gerrit Jan}},
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  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  series       = {{Bilingualism: Language and Cognition}},
  title        = {{Structural priming of code-switches in non-shared-word-order utterances : The effect of lexical repetition}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728923000044}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/S1366728923000044}},
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