Prediction in Second Language Processing and Learning (Bilingual Processing and Acquisition)

✍ Scribed by Edith Kaan (editor), Theres Grüter (editor)

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 250
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Prediction in Second Language Processing and Learning
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
List of contributors
Chapter 1. Prediction in second language processing and learning: Advances and directions
Introduction
What is prediction and what is it good for in L2 learning and processing?
What is prediction?
What is prediction good for?
A brief history of prediction in language processing research
Research on prediction in L1 sentence processing
Research on prediction in L2 sentence processing
Prediction in L1 and L2 processing: The role of utility
Cue reliability and utility in L1 predictive processing
Cue reliability and utility in L2 predictive processing
A note about proficiency
Prediction and learning
Insights from L1 speakers
Insights from L2 speakers
Again: Utility
Concluding remarks, synopses of chapters, and future directions
Acknowledgments
Funding
References
Chapter 2. Automaticity and prediction in non-native language comprehension
Introduction
Graded view of automaticity
A production-based model of prediction
Automaticity of prediction in L1
Automaticity of prediction in L2
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3. Second language prediction ability across different linguistic domains: Evidence from German
Introduction
Semantic prediction
Morphosyntactic prediction
The current study
Method
Results
Discussion
Acknowledgments
Funding
References
Chapter 4. Influence of syntactic complexity on second language prediction
Introduction
Prediction in comprehension
Prediction in L2 comprehension
Variation in prediction and mediating factors
The current study
Method
Participants
Materials
Procedure
Results
Behavioral task accuracy
Eye-tracking data analysis
Discussion
References
Chapter 5. Language prediction in second language: Does language similarity matter?
Introduction
Cross-linguistic influence and language processing in L2
Cross-linguistic influence and prediction in L2
Do cross-linguistic differences in features and rules affect L2 prediction?
Can L2 speakers use features that do not exist in their L1 as prediction cues?
Is the use of the sentence context in L2 prediction affected by CLI?
Is the use of the discourse context in L2 prediction affected by CLI?: First steps
Cross-linguistic influence and models of language prediction
Cross-linguistic influence and error-based implicit learning
Cross-linguistic influence and prediction-by-production
Conclusions and directions for future research
References
Chapter 6. Prediction in bilingual children: The missing piece of the puzzle
What is prediction?
How are prediction and proficiency related?
What do we know about prediction skills in monolingual children?
What do we know about prediction skills in adult L2 speakers?
What do we (not) know about bilingual children?
How can research with bilingual children inform L2 predictive processing accounts?
What’s next?
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 7. Code-switching: A processing burden, or a valuable resource for prediction?
Introduction
Illustrative Study 1: Can code-switching signal less expected upcoming lexical information?
Illustrative Study 2: Can code-switching ease the processing of taboo or negative information?
General discussion
Potential mechanisms underlying the CS effect
Factors modulating how CS affects prediction
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Funding
References
Chapter 8. Prediction and grammatical learning in second language sentence processing
Introduction
Grammatical learning and prediction
Learning and prediction in L2 acquisition
Learning to predict in an L2
Learning to predict due to exposure and structural priming
Predicting to learn in an L2
Syntactic adaptation and the consequences of prediction error
Conclusions and outlook
References
Chapter 9. The role of prediction in second language vocabulary learning
Overview
Prediction and L1 vocabulary acquisition in children
Prediction and vocabulary learning in adults
Prediction and motivation in L2 vocabulary learning
Summary and open questions
Acknowledgments
Funding
References
Chapter 10. Forcing prediction increases priming and adaptation in second language production
Introduction
Structural priming and learning from prediction error
Prediction in L2 processing and structural priming
The role of L2 proficiency in predictive processing and structural priming
This study
Methods
Participants
Materials
Procedure
Guessing game (GG) condition
Control condition (CC)
Data annotation and analysis
Results
Production of predicted primes in the GG group
Proficiency
Exit interview
Discussion
Acknowledgments
References
Index