Dr James Street

My research interests include cognitive grammar, usage-based approaches to L1 & L2 acquisition and processing, and individual education and literacy-related differences in linguistic knowledge.  

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• Phrasal frequency and literacy as predictors of individual differences in on-line processing and comprehension of English complex NP subject-verb agreement, Patterson, K., Street, J., Myachykov, A. 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science
• More lexically-specific knowledge and individual differences in adult native speakers' processing of the English passive, Street, J. 1 Mar 2020, In: Language Sciences
• Education and Input as Predictors of Second Language Attainment in Naturalistic Contexts, Janko, E., Dąbrowska, E., Street, J. 7 Sep 2019, In: Languages
• This is the native speaker that the non-native speaker outperformed: Individual, education-related differences in the processing and interpretation of Object Relative Clauses by native and non-native speakers of English, Street, J. 1 Jan 2017, In: Language Sciences
• Lexically specific knowledge and individual differences in adult native speakers’ processing of the English passive, Street, J., Dabrowska, E. Jan 2014, In: Applied Psycholinguistics
• Lexically-specific knowledge and individual differences in adult native speakers’ processing of the English passive, Street, J. Jul 2011, 4th International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English
• More Individual Differences in Language Attainment : How much do adult native speakers of English know about passives and quantifiers?, Street, J. 5 May 2011, Northumbria Research Conference
• More individual differences in language attainment: How much do adult native speakers of English know about passives and quantifiers?, Street, J., Dabrowska, E. 2010, In: Lingua
• Individual differences in language attainment: Comprehension of passive sentences by native and non-native English speakers, Dabrowska, E., Street, J. Nov 2006, In: Language Sciences

• Kinga Patterson Formal literacy effects on attention allocation during visually situated language processing in native English speakers Start Date: 01/10/2019 End Date: 17/10/2022
• Eleni Janko The role of education and text exposure in the oral production of L2 Greek functional morphology by adult L1 English and L1 Albanian speakers: The case of agreement and perfective aspect Start Date: 20/10/2015 End Date: 03/03/2021
• Kinga Patterson Individual, literacy-related differences in online processing and interpretation of complex syntactic constructions by adult native speakers of English. Start Date: 01/10/2019
• Luca Miorelli The Development of Morpho-Syntactic Competence in Italian-speaking Children: A Usage-Based Approach Start Date: 30/08/2018 End Date: 07/11/2018

• Linguistics PhD October 01 2009
• Linguistics MA (Hons) October 31 2004
• Teacher Training (TESOL) CELTA October 31 1999
• Sociology BA (Hons) July 31 1999
• Trinity (Cambridge) Cert. TESOL Cert.TESOL 1999
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2012