Vanek, Norbert orcid.org/0000-0002-7805-184X (2019) Changing Event Categorisation in Second Language Users Through Perceptual Learning. Language Learning. ISSN 0023-8333
Abstract
This study examines the impact of a second language on event phase categorisation. The aim is to test how strong a boost the L2 system provides when learners are trained to classify events in a new way. The linguistic contrast in focus is grammatical expression of change-of-state events in progress, available in English but far less so in Chinese. Advanced Chinese learners of English received categorisation training in four conditions: action-biased, completion-biased, verbally-distracted and with overt L2 encoding. Experiment 1 tested the extent to which event categorisation is facilitated by the learners’ native language. Experiment 2 compared learning success in L2-based categorisation with and without verbal interference. Experiment 3 measured the benefits of explicit verbalisation for L2-based category learning. The results show a graded impact of L2 grammar on learning success, ranging from the highest with overt verbalisation, followed by categorisation in silence, and the lowest, but not significantly reduced, in learning with verbal interference.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Language Learning Research Club, University of Michigan. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | event categorisation,perceptual learning,linguistic relativity |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2019 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2024 00:10 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12377 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/lang.12377 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:148648 |
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