Title: Language processing in advanced learners of English : a multi-method approach to collocation based on corpus linguistic and experimental data /
Authors: Schilk, Marco,
Year: 2020
Subjects: Zielke-Nadkarni, Andrea; English language Foreign speakers.; English language German speakers.; Second language acquisition Evaluation.; English language Study and teaching Evaluation.; Collocation (Linguistics) Research.; Corpora (Linguistics) Research.; English language Study and teaching Evaluation; Second language acquisition Evaluation; Fremdsprachenlernen; Kollokation; Korpus; Psycholinguistik; English language Foreign speakers.; English language German speakers.; Second language acquisition Evaluation.; Collocation.; Corpora Research.; Psycholinguistics Research.
Abstract: "The production and processing of collocations and formulaic language is a field of growing interest in corpus linguistics and experimental psycholinguistics. In the past this fascinating field at the interface of grammar and the lexicon has been mainly studied based on English native speakers, while research focusing on second language speakers and language learners has been comparatively rare. This book proposes an integration of corpus-based and experimental methods by analysing language processing of collocation by advanced learners of English. In using corpus-derived collocational stimuli of native-like and learner-typical language use in an experimental setting, it shows how advanced German L1 learners of English process native-like collocations, L1-based interferences and non-collocating lexical combinations. This book is of interest to anyone interested in the psycholinguistic validity of collocation from a bilingual point of view, as it explores methods of tracking collocational processing of speakers working with different sets of 'collocational preferences'"--
Contents: Part I. Empirical analysis of language production and language processing: Aspects of corpus linguistics and experimental psycholinguistics: 1. Introduction and overview -- 2. Aspects of corpus linguistics -- 3. Aspects of experimental data in psycholinguistics -- Part II. Language processing of intermediate and advanced learners of English: a multi-method approach: 4. Interference collocations of advanced German learners of English -- 5. Measuring eye movements for the study of language processing and comprehension -- 6. Processing semantic mismatch and unexpected lexical items -- 7. Methodology -- 8. Results 1: Evidence from eye-tracking -- 9. Results 2: Evidence from EEG/ERP -- 10. Evaluation and discussion -- 11. Conclusions and outlook -- References -- Index.