Author: Hua Liu
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Category : Bilinguilism
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: Gerry T. M. Altmann
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780863779756
Category : Computational linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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This collection of papers and abstracts stems from the third meeting in the series of Sperlonga workshops on Cognitive Models of Speech Processing. It presents current research on the structure and organization of the mental lexicon, and on the processes that access that lexicon. The volume starts with discussion of issues in acquisition and consideration of questions such as, 'What is the relationship between vocabulary growth and the acquisition of syntax?', and, 'How does prosodic information, concerning the melodies and rhythms of the language, influence the processes of lexical and syntactic acquisition?'. From acquisition, the papers move on to consider the manner in which contemporary models of spoken word recognition and production can map onto neural models of the recognition and production processes. The issue of exactly what is recognised, and when, is dealt with next - the empirical findings suggest that the function of something to which a word refers is accessed with a different time-course to the form of that something. This has considerable implications for the nature, and content, of lexical representations. Equally important are the findings from the studies of disordered lexical processing, and two papers in this volume address the implications of these disorders for models of lexical representation and process (borrowing from both empirical data and computational modelling). The final paper explores whether neural networks can successfully model certain lexical phenomena that have elsewhere been assumed to require rule-based processes.

Author: Roberto R. Heredia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107145619
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 345

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Sets out state-of-the-art methodological and theoretical advancements to shed light on how bilingual speakers comprehend ambiguous information.

Author: Zsolt Lengyel
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1788920643
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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The book contains studies on second language lexical processes based on empirical findings by authors mostly from Central Europe. The reader may have access to how lexical items are stored in the memory and also to how second language lexicons work in speech processing. Questions of the two lexicons’ integration or separation, the fashion of bilingual word storage, vocabulary acquisition and assessment, word retrieval from the memory and lexical access are the focus of the studies. The authors of the studies refer to analyses of different psycholinguistic experiments (e.g. a word association test, speech perception tests, a Cloze-test). Assessment of written work of second language learners both at secondary school and university levels is also provided. Second language lexical acquisition processes are described and the influences of different types of languages on each other are shown. The second languages involved are mainly internationally less widely investigated and published languages of Finno-Ugric (i.e. Hungarian) and Indo-European (e.g. Croatian, Polish, Russian, etc.) origin next to the more frequently studied English and German. The studies included in our volume focus on lexical acquisition and processing and also make reference to pedagogical questions. They include investigations of lexical perception, production, acquisitional processes and vocabulary assessment. The novelty of the book is that the studies make reference to Hungarian and a number of Slavic languages. They provide the reader with new perspectives on second language lexical acquisition processes when the source language and the target language are distinct from a typological point of view, the lexicon in processing terms. The book is intended for the use of undergraduate and graduate students of second language studies, psycholinguistics and/or bilingualism researchers, teachers and academics whose interests include a second language acquisition component.

Author: Ronald P. Leow
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351676040
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 496

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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Research in Classroom Learning is a comprehensive psycholinguistic approach to the issue of instructed language learning that is uniquely theoretical, methodological, empirical, pedagogical, and curricular. Bringing together empirical studies with theoretical underpinnings, this handbook focuses on conceptual replications/extensions of, and new research on, classroom learning or Instructed SLA (ISLA). In chapters from leading experts, the Handbook reports on the tenets of several models that have postulated the roles of cognitive processes in the L2 learning process and also covers two major methodological data-elicitation procedures to be employed in addressing learner cognitive processes (think-aloud protocols and eye-tracking). With a dedicated interest in the role of this research in pedagogical ramifications, this handbook strives for deeper understanding of how L2 learners process L2 data in instructional settings.

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Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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Author: Kerry Alan Ortega
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Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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Author: Kerry W. Kilborn
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Category : Communicative competence
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Author: Kirsten Haastrup
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Author: Renee Lorraine Kemp
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780355462005
Category :
Languages : en
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Speech production and perception are inextricably linked systems. Speakers modify their speech in response to listener characteristics, such as age, hearing ability, and language background. Listener-oriented modifications in speech production, commonly referred to as clear speech, have also been found to affect speech perception by enhancing speech intelligibility for listeners. Similarly, word-specific properties can affect speech production and perception. Less well-understood, however, is the extent to which clear speech and lexical effects interact in speech production and their subsequent effects on speech perception. This topic is investigated in this dissertation with a focus on adult second language (L2) learners to address the extent to which acoustic modifications in speech production support L2 perception. This dissertation presents three experiments examining the interaction of a type of clear speech, foreigner-directed speech (FDS), with three word-specific factors (frequency, lexical age of acquisition, and phonological neighborhood density) on speech production and perception. Results from late Japanese-English bilinguals found that FDS facilitated word recognition, but not lexical access, for adult L2 learners. Independent lexical effects on word recognition and lexical access were also observed in L2 listeners. Interactions between speech condition and lexical effects were seen in word recognition as well, as L2 listeners demonstrated increased word recognition for words from dense phonological neighborhoods produced in FDS. Findings presented in this dissertation indicate that phonological and lexical development in adult L2 learners follows patterns like those observed in first language (L1) learning. One crucial difference between L1 and L2 acquisition is that the advantage of low-frequency/early-acquired words is likely limited to native speakers.