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ERIC Number: EJ1308665
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Sep
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-2631
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Priming Dative Clitics in Spoken Spanish as a Second and Heritage Language
Hurtado, Irati; Montrul, Silvina
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v43 n4 p729-752 Sep 2021
Spanish monolingual speakers often produce recipient ("Pedro le da un lápiz a María") and nonrecipient constructions ("Antonio le lava la camiseta a Carmen") doubled by a dative clitic. Second language speakers and heritage speakers usually avoid clitics. This study examined whether structural priming could effectively increase the production of clitics in monolingual speakers (N = 23), L2 speakers (N = 28), and heritage speakers (N = 24). Participants completed a baseline study that measured the use of clitics in a picture description task, followed by a priming treatment, an immediate posttest, and a posttest a week later. Results showed that priming increased clitic production for all groups, and that the increase was still significant a week later in L2 speakers and heritage speakers. These findings support the view that structural priming may implicate implicit language learning and considers its pedagogical implications.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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