Morphosyntactic priming in bilingual children

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dc.contributor.advisorBedore, Lisa M.en
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPeña, Elizabeth D.en
dc.creatorFitzpatrick, Kerry Elisabethen
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-08T19:46:18Zen
dc.date.available2011-07-08T19:46:18Zen
dc.date.issued2011-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2011en
dc.date.updated2011-07-08T19:46:21Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractLimited information exists regarding the acquisition of syntax and morphology in young Spanish-English bilingual language learners. A method to measure short-term language learning is through structural priming; an auditory model of the target structure is presented, which influences a subject’s subsequent production. The purpose of this thesis was to develop and pilot priming tasks in both English and Spanish to analyze the language production of typically developing bilingual elementary school students. The morphosyntactic structures targeted in the structural priming task included the third person singular and past tense in English, as well as direct object clitics and imperfect tense in Spanish. The study included three participants, aged 4;7, 6;7, and 10;11. Results revealed that bilingual elementary students with varied language exposure are influenced and learn from morphosyntactic priming.en
dc.description.departmentCommunication Sciences and Disordersen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.slug2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3400en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3400en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectStructural primingen
dc.subjectBilingualismen
dc.subjectLanguage acquisitionen
dc.subjectBilingual childrenen
dc.subjectMorphological developmenten
dc.subjectSyntactic developmenten
dc.subjectSpanish acquisitionen
dc.subjectEnglish acquisitionen
dc.subjectSpeech-language pathologyen
dc.subjectSpeech disordersen
dc.subjectEnglish language speakersen
dc.subjectSpanish language speakersen
dc.titleMorphosyntactic priming in bilingual childrenen
dc.type.genrethesisen
thesis.degree.departmentCommunication Sciences and Disordersen
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Sciences and Disordersen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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