Second Language Processing

Second Language Processing
Author: Nan Jiang
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2018-03-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781134608324

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Second Language Processing: An Introduction is the first textbook to offer a thorough introduction to the field of second language processing (SLP). The study of SLP seeks to illuminate the cognitive processes underlying the processing of a non-native language. While current literature tends to focus on one topic or area of research, this textbook aims to bring these different research strands together in a single volume, elucidating their particularities while also demonstrating the relationships between them. The book begins by outlining what is entailed in the study of SLP, how it relates to other fields of study, and some of the main issues shared across its subareas. It then moves into an exploration of the three major areas of current research in the field—phonological processing, lexical processing, and sentence processing. Each chapter provides a broad overview of the topic and covers the major research methods, models, and studies germane to that area of study. Ideal for students and researchers working in this growing field, Second Language Processing will serve as the go-to guide for a complete examination of the major topics of study in SLP.

Understanding Second Language Processing

Understanding Second Language Processing
Author: Bronwen Patricia Dyson,Gisela Håkansson
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2017-05-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027265876

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This book aims to help researchers and teachers interested in language processing and Processability Theory (PT) to understand this theory and its applications. PT is an influential account of second language processing which hypothesizes that, due to the architecture of language processing, learners acquire second languages in developmental stages. This book lays out PT’s predictions and research on the development of diverse target languages – particularly English and Scandinavian languages – by learners of various categories. It discusses the typological issues facing PT and its contribution to an understanding of variation and cognitive constraints on pedagogy. However, the book also raises a critical eye to the literature which, after almost twenty years of evolution, requires explanation, clarification and, in some cases, extension. Why do some phenomena belong to different stages in different languages? Why are important types of variation under-represented? Is teaching as constrained as proposed in PT?

Prediction in Second Language Processing and Learning

Prediction in Second Language Processing and Learning
Author: Edith Kaan,Theres Grüter
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2021-09-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027258946

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There is ample evidence that language users, including second-language (L2) users, can predict upcoming information during listening and reading. Yet it is still unclear when, how, and why language users engage in prediction, and what the relation is between prediction and learning. This volume presents a collection of current research, insights, and directions regarding the role of prediction in L2 processing and learning. The contributions in this volume specifically address how different (L1-based) theoretical models of prediction apply to or may be expanded to account for L2 processing, report new insights on factors (linguistic, cognitive, social) that modulate L2 users’ engagement in prediction, and discuss the functions that prediction may or may not serve in L2 processing and learning. Taken together, this volume illustrates various fruitful approaches to investigating and accounting for differences in predictive processing within and across individuals, as well as across populations.

Research in Second Language Processing and Parsing

Research in Second Language Processing and Parsing
Author: Bill VanPatten,Jill Jegerski
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2010-12-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027287489

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This volume is the first dedicated to the growing field of theory and research on second language processing and parsing. The fourteen papers in this volume offer cutting-edge research using a number of different languages (e.g., Arabic, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, English) and structures (e.g., relative clauses, wh-gaps, gender, number) to examine various issues in second language processing: first language influence, whether or not non-natives can achieve native-like processing, the roles of context and prosody, the effects of working memory, and others. The researchers include both established scholars and newer voices, all offering important insights into the factors that affect processing and parsing in a second language.

Research on Second Language Processing and Processing Instruction

Research on Second Language Processing and Processing Instruction
Author: Michael J. Leeser,Gregory D. Keating,Wynne Wong
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2021-03-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027260130

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This volume consists of a well-integrated collection of original research articles and theoretical/overview papers on second language (L2) input processing. The primary contributors are former students of Bill VanPatten from the past three decades, and the collection of articles is intended as a tribute to his career and contribution of bringing processing issues to the center stage of research in second language acquisition (SLA) and instructed SLA. The research and theorizing presented in this volume are the most recent in the field and represent innovations in approaches to L2 processing research, including the use of online methodologies (self-paced reading and eye tracking) in the experimental papers. In addition, the editors are recognized authors and researchers who have published on sentence processing, input processing, and processing instruction, and all three editors are either on editorial boards or are associate editors of major L2 journals.

Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Processing and Acquisition

Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Processing and Acquisition
Author: Gisela Granena,Daniel O. Jackson,Yucel Yilmaz
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2016-12-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027266323

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Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Processing and Acquisition contains 14 chapters that focus on the role of cognitive IDs in L2 learning and processing. The book brings together theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of cognitive IDs, as well as empirical studies that investigate the mediating role of cognitive IDs in various linguistic domains. Chapters include contributions from researchers working within second language acquisition (SLA), psycholinguistics, and cognitive psychology, sharing a common interest in the application of cognitive IDs to their respective areas of study. The interdisciplinary understanding of cognitive IDs presented in this book makes the book of interest to a wide readership of graduate students, faculty members, and academic researchers in the fields of SLA, psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and education.

Second Language Sentence Processing

Second Language Sentence Processing
Author: Alan Juffs,Guillermo A. Rodríguez
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2014-12-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781136217203

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This addition to the Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition series presents a comprehensive review of the latest research findings on sentence processing in second language acquisition. The book begins with a broad overview of the core issues of second language sentence processing research and then narrows its focus by dedicating individual chapters to each of these key areas. While a number of publications have discussed research findings on knowledge of formal syntactic principles as part of theories of second language acquisition, there are fewer resources dedicated to the role of second language sentence processing in this context. This volume will act as the first full-length literature review of the field on the market.

Language Processing and Second Language Development

Language Processing and Second Language Development
Author: Manfred Pienemann
Publsiher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 387
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027241214

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Aims to provide a systematic perspective on some central psychological mechanisms underlying the spontaneous production of interlanguage (IL) speech. The text develops a framework that represents a theory of processability of grammatical structures, referred to as "Processability Theory".