James Street

Dr James Street

Assistant Professor

Department: Humanities

I graduated with BA (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Sheffield where my research interests were in the (complex) relationship between language and social disadvantage. Following my BA graduation I gained a Trinity (Cambridge) Cert. TESOL and spent several years teaching as an ESOL/EFL tutor at a variety of institutions in Britain, Europe and the Far East. In 2004 I was awarded an MA (with distinction) in Applied Linguistics from the University of Sheffield. In 2009 I was awarded a PhD in Linguistics, again from the University of Sheffield. I joined Northumbria in 2010. 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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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

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.

Key Publications

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

PGR Supervision

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 End Date: 08/04/2025