We investigated L1 and L2 frequency effects in the sharing of syntax across languages (reflected in cross-linguistic structural priming) using an artificial language (AL) paradigm. Ninety-six Dutch speakers learned an AL with either a prepositional-object (PO) dative bias (PO datives appeared three times as often as double-object [DO] datives) or a DO dative bias (DOs appeared three times as often as POs). Priming was assessed from the AL to Dutch (a strongly PO-biased language). There was weak immediate priming for DOs, but not for POs in both bias conditions. This suggests that L1, but not AL, frequency influenced immediate priming. Furthermore, the DO bias group produced 10% more DOs in Dutch than the PO bias group, showing that cumulative priming was influenced by AL frequency. We discuss the different effects of L1 and AL frequency on cross-linguistic structural priming in terms of lexicalist and implicit learning accounts.

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L1 和 L2 频率在跨语言结构启动中的作用：一项人工语言学习研究

我们使用人工语言 (AL) 范式研究了跨语言语法共享中的 L1 和 L2 频率效应（反映在跨语言结构启动中）。96 名荷兰语使用者学习了带有介词-宾语 (PO) 与格偏差（PO 与格出现的频率是双宾语 [DO] 与格的三倍）或 DO 与格偏差（DO 出现的频率是 PO 的三倍）的 AL ）。从 AL 到荷兰语（一种强烈的 PO 偏向语言）评估启动。DOs 的立即启动很弱，但在两种偏置条件下都没有 POs。这表明 L1，但不是 AL，频率影响立即启动。此外，DO 偏向组在荷兰语中产生的 DO 比 PO 偏向组多 10%，这表明累积启动受 AL 频率的影响。