An Eye-Tracking Study on the Processing of L2 Collocations: The Effect of Congruency, Proficiency, and Transparency.

IF 1.6 2区 文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS Journal of Psycholinguistic Research Pub Date : 2024-03-16 DOI:10.1007/s10936-024-10064-x
Dina Abdel Salam El-Dakhs, Suhad Sonbul, Ahmed Masrai
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The availability of a first language translation equivalent (i.e., congruency) has repeatedly been shown to influence second-language collocation processing in decontextualized tasks. However, no study to date has examined how L2 speakers process congruent/incongruent collocations on-line in a real-world context. The present study aimed to fill this gap by examining the eye-movement behavior of 31 Arabic-English speakers and 30 native English speakers as they read 20 congruent and 20 incongruent collocations (in addition to 40 control phrases) in short contexts. The study also examined possible modulating effects of proficiency level and transparency on congruency effects. Results showed that non-natives (similar to native speakers) showed a processing advantage for collocations over control phrases. However, there was no effect of congruency (i.e., no difference between congruent and incongruent collocations) for either group, and no modulating effect of proficiency or transparency on congruency. We discuss implications of the findings for theories of L2 lexical processing.

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关于第二语言搭配处理的眼动追踪研究:同义词、熟练程度和透明度的影响。
在非语境化任务中,第一语言翻译对等词的可用性(即同义性)已被反复证明会影响第二语言的搭配处理。然而,迄今为止还没有研究考察过第二语言使用者如何在真实语境中在线处理同义/不同义搭配。本研究旨在填补这一空白,研究了 31 名阿拉伯语-英语母语者和 30 名英语母语者在短文语境中阅读 20 个同义搭配和 20 个不同义搭配(以及 40 个对照短语)时的眼动行为。研究还考察了熟练程度和透明度对同义效应可能产生的调节作用。结果表明,非母语者(与母语者类似)对搭配的处理比对照短语更有优势。然而,同位效应对这两组人都没有影响(即同位语和非同位语之间没有差异),熟练程度和透明度对同位效应也没有调节作用。我们讨论了这些发现对 L2 词汇加工理论的影响。
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期刊介绍: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research publishes carefully selected papers from the several disciplines engaged in psycholinguistic research, providing a single, recognized medium for communications among linguists, psychologists, biologists, sociologists, and others. The journal covers a broad range of approaches to the study of the communicative process, including: the social and anthropological bases of communication; development of speech and language; semantics (problems in linguistic meaning); and biological foundations. Papers dealing with the psychopathology of language and cognition, and the neuropsychology of language and cognition, are also included.
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