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Psycholinguistics
“Psycholinguistics is the study of the cognitive processes that support the acquisition and use of language. The scope of psycholinguistics includes language performance under normal circumstances and when it breaks down…”
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, p. 124.
Scope of Psycholinguistics
Acquisition Comprehension
Loss Production
Scovel, Thomas. 1998. Psycholinguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 5.
Why should bilinguals interest us? 1
1. Because we teach or will teach a second language.
Why should bilinguals interest us? 2
2. “Because bilinguals outnumber monolinguals in the world's population, bilinguals more than monolinguals provide a genuinely universal account of the cognitive mechanisms that underlie language performance.”
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, p. 124.
Psycholinguistic Assumptions
1. Cognitive processes for learners and
competent bilinguals the same
2. Cognitive processes basically the same across languages
3. Cognitive processes available to all learners
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, pp. 124-125.
Purpose of Theories or Models
“In psycholinguistics, researchers try to develop models to describe and preferably predict specific linguistic behaviour. The aim is to capture all aspects of language use. Ultimately, the goal is to have a model that describes how language is processed in our brains…”
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, pp. 125-126.
Levelt's Speaking Model
Conceptualizer
Formulator
Articulator
[Self-Monitor]
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, p. 126.
Characteristics of L2 Production
1. L2 knowledge is typically incomplete…
2. L2 speech is more hesitant, and
contains more errors and slips…
3. L2 speech often carries traces of the
L1.
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, p. 127.
Language Production
Pre-Verbal Message
Language-Independent Conceptualization
Language-Specific Coding
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, pp. 128-129.
Lemma
1. Semantic Specification
2. Syntactic information
3. Pointer to a particular lexeme
4. Language choice
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, p. 129.
Design of Experimental Studies
Language: L1 L2 L1/L2
Scope: Comprehension Production / Use Acquisition Loss
Task: Name picturesJudge statement
Measure: Response Time Accuracy
Summarizing a Study
Article: Study: Language(s): Subjects: Time: Task(s): Measure: Findings: Conclusion: Memorable quotes:
Summarizing a Study(Expanded)
ALWAYS INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS (and maybe column) Article: (complete bibliographic info) Study: (about what) Language(s): Subjects: (EVERYTHING) Time: (date, time of school year, over what period of
time) Task(s): (what did subjects have to do?) Measure: (what was measured?) Findings: Conclusion: (including implications, suggestions) Memorable quotes: (quotes you really liked that you MIGHT
want to use when you write up YOUR study)
Savings Methods and Vocabulary Relearning
Of the de Bot & Stoessel (2000) experiment: “These findings can be used to help language learners who learned a second language at some point in the past reactivate the language they feel they have forgotten. The data show that very short relearning activities (presenting words in L1 and their translation in L2 for six seconds per pair) lead to high retention scores for such once-learned words.”
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, p. 137.
Language Maintenance Key Factors
1. High initial proficiency
2. Continuing contact with L2
3. Motivation (to seek opportunities to use L2)
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Education, p. 137.
Implications of Psycholinguistic Studies on Second Language
1. Accessibility of L2 linguistic elements depends on acquisition, storage, and automatic retrieval.
2. L2 linguistic knowledge is not stable.
3. L2 acquisition does not have negative consequences for cognitive processing.
De Bot, Kees and Judith F. Kroll. 2010. Psycholinguistics. In Norbert Schmitt, editor, An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, 2nd edition, Chapter 8, pp. 124-142. London: Hodder Educationp, p. 137-138.
Possible Research Topics 1
1. Language attrition and more on reactivation old language knowledge. (Follow-up on Mary Liu’s study.)
2. Assessment of relative proficiency for bilingual Taiwanese. Measure the time subjects wait until they begin to say the name (in L1 or L2) of what they see in a picture.
Possible Research Topics 2
3. Determine if Chinese-English bilinguals show language is non-selective in comprehension tasks.
4. Promoting automaticity.
5. Examine possible benefits of training subjects to access linguistic elements as quickly as possible a la Hulstijn & friends.
Possible Research Topics 3
6. Promoting depth of learning.
7. Code switching.
8. Gestures.