Reduced Competition Effects and Noisier Representations in a Second Language
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| Title: | Reduced Competition Effects and Noisier Representations in a Second Language |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Tachihara, Karina (ORCID |
| Source: | Language Learning. Mar 2020 70(1):219-265. |
| Availability: | Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 47 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Task Analysis, Recognition (Psychology), Correlation, Language Proficiency, Decision Making, Predictor Variables, Transfer of Training, Preferences, Sentence Structure, Comparative Analysis, Language Research, Language Processing |
| DOI: | 10.1111/lang.12375 |
| ISSN: | 0023-8333 |
| Abstract: | Native speakers strongly disprefer novel formulations when a conventional alternative expresses the same intended message, presumably because the more conventional form competes with the novel form. In five studies, second language (L2) speakers were less influenced by competing alternatives than native speakers. L2 speakers accepted novel interpretable sentences more readily than native speakers, and were somewhat less likely to offer competing alternatives as paraphrases or to prefer competing alternatives in forced-choice tasks. They were unaffected by exposure to competing alternatives immediately before judgments. Reduced sensitivity to competing alternatives was confirmed by L2 speakers' greater divergence from native speakers on judgments for novel formulations compared to familiar ones. Reduced sensitivity to competing alternatives also predicts noisier linguistic representations; consistent with this, L2 speakers performed worse on a verbatim recognition task, with performance correlating with more nativelike judgments. Proficiency was a modest predictor of judgments, but transfer effects were not. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2020 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1243664 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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