Dr Kate Messenger
Senior LecturerResearch Overview
I am interested in people's ability to understand and produce language and how these abilities are acquired.
I am particularly interested in children and adults' learning and processing of sentence structure.
My research studies this in young monolingual and bilingual children as well as adult learners of a second language.
Who said what? The role of speaker identity on children’s predictive grammar learning
01/03/2024 → 28/02/2026
Research
The generality of expectation violation as a mechanism for language learning
26/10/2023 → 31/08/2026
Research
Cross-linguistic influence and shared syntax in bilingual language development
01/09/2020 → 31/10/2023
Research
How does language experience support language development? Short-term priming and long-term learning
01/09/2018 → 28/02/2023
Research
Syntactic priming as implicit learning: comparing first and second language speakers
02/10/2017 → 02/02/2022
Research
International Study Centre Student Lab Visit
Other
ICDL Family Fun Day
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Language Development Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
Lab Tour and Knowledge Exchange for Lancashire County Council Network Of Outstanding Providers
Influence on Policy, Practice, Patients & the Public
Campus in the City 2024 - Psychology stand
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
First Language (Journal)
Editorial activity
Psychology Matters Event
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Language Development Research (Journal)
Editorial activity
Science and Technology Dean's Award - EDI Staff of the Year
Prize (including medals and awards)
Developmental Psychology
Developmental Psychology
- Developmental Psychology