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During the production of language, speakers tend to use the same structural patterns from one utterance to the next if it is possible to do so. For example, if a speaker uses a passive or dative construction, he/she is relatively more likely to use the same construction again in the next utterance. The current study investigates syntactic persistence in first and second language speakers of English. The target structures were dative alternate structures (double object dative/DAT-ACC dative and prepositional dative/ACC-DAT dative). The experimental paradigm involved repetition of an auditory stimulus, followed by picture description. Overall, syntactic priming effects were found. Priming effects were found. The present study showed that syntactic priming pattern is similar between English native speakers(L1) and second language speakers of English(L2). This study shed lights on further universal accounts of syntactic priming.
