One language or two? Navigating cross‐language conflict in statistical word segmentation

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dylan M. Antovich ◽  
Katharine Graf Estes
Keyword(s):  
Word Segmentation ◽  
Cross Language ◽  
Language Conflict

Effects of reading speed on second-language sentence processing

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 799-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDITH KAAN ◽  
JOCELYN C. BALLANTYNE ◽  
FRANK WIJNEN
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Sentence Processing ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Reading Speed ◽  
Native English Speakers ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
L2 Learners ◽  
Cross Language ◽  
Language Conflict

ABSTRACTTo test the effects of reading speed on second-language (L2) sentence processing and the potential influence of conflicting native language word order, we compared advanced L2 learners of English with native English speakers on a self-paced reading task. L2 learners read faster overall than native English speakers. When differences in reading speed were controlled for, L2 learners were as sensitive to grammaticality manipulations as native English speakers. On-line reading times did not reflect any effect of cross-language conflict in the learners. Results from an end-of-sentence verification task showed a stronger bias toward a subject–object order in the cross-language conflict conditions in speed-matched L2 learners but not in L2 learners reading faster than native speakers. Results are compatible with hypothesized differences in resource allocation between L2 and native language processing.

scholarly journals A cross‐language comparison of the use of stress in word segmentation

2006 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. 3087-3087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Tyler ◽  
Pierre Perruchet ◽  
Anne Cutler
Keyword(s):  
Word Segmentation ◽  
Cross Language

scholarly journals Cross-language word segmentation by 9-month-olds

2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek M. Houston ◽  
Peter W. Jusczyk ◽  
Cecile Kuijpers ◽  
Riet Coolen ◽  
Anne Cutler
Keyword(s):  
Word Segmentation ◽  
Cross Language

Psychometric Parameters of the Spanish Version of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale (S-KUAS)1

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
Joaquin Tomás-Sabádo ◽  
Juana Gómez-Benito
Keyword(s):  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Kuwait University ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Arabic And English ◽  
Cross Language ◽  
Language Equivalence

Summary: To construct a Spanish version of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale (S-KUAS), the Arabic and English versions of the KUAS have been separately translated into Spanish. To check the comparability in terms of meaning, the two Spanish preliminary translations were thoroughly scrutinized vis-à-vis both the Arabic and English forms by several experts. Bilingual subjects served to explore the cross-language equivalence of the English and Spanish versions of the KUAS. The correlation between the total scores on both versions was .93, and the t value was .30 (n.s.), denoting good similarity. The Alphas and 4-week test-retest reliabilities were greater than .84, while the criterion-related validity was .70 against scores on the trait subscale of the STAI. These findings denote good reliability and validity of the S-KUAS. Factor analysis yielded three high-loaded factors of Behavioral/Subjective, Cognitive/Affective, and Somatic Anxiety, equivalent to the original Arabic version. Female (n = 210) undergraduates attained significantly higher mean scores than their male (n = 102) counterparts. For the combined group of males and females, the correlation between the total score on the S-KUAS and age was -.17 (p < .01). By and large, the findings of the present study provide evidence of the utility of the S-KUAS in assessing trait anxiety levels in the Spanish undergraduate context.

"A cross-language study of decontextualized vocabulary comprehension in toddlerhood and kindergarten readiness": Correction to Friend et al. (2018).

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 1289-1289
Author(s):  
Margaret Friend ◽  
Erin Smolak ◽  
Yushuang Liu ◽  
Diane Poulin-Dubois ◽  
Pascal Zesiger
Keyword(s):  
Kindergarten Readiness ◽  
Language Study ◽  
Vocabulary Comprehension ◽  
Cross Language

A Short-Term Testing Effect in Cross-Language Recognition

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter P. J. L. Verkoeijen ◽  
Samantha Bouwmeester ◽  
Gino Camp
Keyword(s):  
Testing Effect ◽  
Language Recognition ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cross Language
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