2023

Coumel, Marion, Ushioda, Ema and Messenger, Katherine (2023) Second language learning via syntactic priming : investigating the role of modality, attention and motivation. Language Learning, 73 (1). pp. 231-265. doi:10.1111/lang.12522 ISSN 0023-8333.

Coumel, Marion, Muylle, Merel, Messenger, Katherine and Hartsuiker, Robert (2023) The role of explicit memory across L2 syntactic development : a structural priming study. Language Learning. A Journal of Research in Language Studies . doi:10.1111/lang.12604 ISSN 0023-8333. (In Press)

2022

Coumel, Marion, Ushioda, Ema and Messenger, Katherine (2022) Learning multiple L2 syntactic structures via chat-based alignment : what is the role of learners’ prior knowledge and conscious decisions? System, 109 . 102869. doi:10.1016/j.system.2022.102869 ISSN 0346-251X.

Messenger, Katherine, Branigan, Holly, Buckle, Leone and Lindsay, Laura (2022) How does syntactic priming experience support language development? In: Messenger, Katherine, (ed.) Syntactic Priming in Language Acquisition : Representations, mechanisms and applications. Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 31 . Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 57-82. ISBN 9789027211637

Messenger, Katherine (2022) Introduction to Syntactic priming in language acquisition : representations, mechanisms and applications. In: Messenger, Katherine, (ed.) Syntactic Priming in Language Acquisition : Representations, mechanisms and applications. Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 31 . Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 1-14. ISBN 9789027211637

Messenger, Katherine, ed. (2022) Syntactic priming in language acquisition : representations, mechanisms and applications. Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 31 . Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 9789027211637

Darmasetiyawan, I Made Sena, Messenger, Katherine and Ambridge, Ben (2022) Is passive priming really impervious to verb semantics? a high-powered replication of Messenger Et al. (2012). Collabra: Psychology, 8 (1). 31055. doi:10.1525/collabra.31055

2021

Messenger, Katherine (2021) The persistence of priming : exploring long-lasting syntactic priming effects in children and adults. Cognitive Science, 45 (6). e13005. doi:10.1111/cogs.13005 ISSN 0364-0213.

2020

Messenger, Katherine, Hardy, Sophie M. and Coumel, Marion (2020) An exemplar model should be able to explain all syntactic priming phenomena : a commentary on Ambridge (2020). First Language, 40 (5-6). pp. 616-620. doi:10.1177/0142723720904479 ISSN 0142-7237.

2018

Messenger, Katherine and Fisher, Cynthia (2018) Mistakes weren't made : three-year-olds’ comprehension of novel-verb passives provides evidence for early abstract syntax. Cognition, 178 . pp. 118-132. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2018.05.002 ISSN 1873-7838.

2017

Hardy, Sophie, Messenger, Katherine and Maylor, Elizabeth A. (2017) Aging and syntactic representations : evidence of preserved syntactic priming and lexical boost. Psychology and Aging, 32 (6). pp. 588-596. doi:10.1037/pag0000180 ISSN 0882-7974.

2016

Branigan, Holly and Messenger, Katherine (2016) Consistent and cumulative effects of syntactic experience in children's sentence production : evidence for error-based implicit learning. Cognition, 157 . pp. 250-256. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2016.09.004 ISSN 0010-0277.

2015

Messenger, Katherine, Yuan, Sylvia and Fisher, Cynthia (2015) Learning verb syntax via listening : new evidence from 22-month-olds. Language Learning and Development, 11 (4). pp. 356-368. doi:10.1080/15475441.2014.978331 ISSN 1547-5441.

2012

Messenger, Katherine, Branigan, Holly P. and Mclean, Janet F. (2012) Is children's acquisition of the passive a staged process? Evidence from six- and nine-year-olds' production of passives. Journal of Child Language, 39 (5). pp. 991-1016. doi:10.1017/S0305000911000377 ISSN 0305-0009.

Messenger, Katherine, Branigan, Holly P., McLean, Janet F. and Sorace, Antonella (2012) Is young children’s passive syntax semantically constrained? Evidence from syntactic priming. Journal of Memory and Language, 66 (4). pp. 568-587. doi:10.1016/j.jml.2012.03.008 ISSN 0749-596X.

2011

Messenger, Katherine, Branigan, Holly P. and McLean, Janet F. (2011) Evidence for (shared) abstract structure underlying children’s short and full passives. Cognition, 121 (2). pp. 268-274. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2011.07.003 ISSN 0010-0277.