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Slowly but surely: Interpreting facilitates L2 morphological anticipation based on suprasegmental and segmental information

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 November 2019

Cristina Lozano-Argüelles Open the ORCID record for Cristina Lozano-Argüelles [Opens in a new window] ,
Nuria Sagarra  and
Joseph V. Casillas Open the ORCID record for Joseph V. Casillas [Opens in a new window]
Cristina Lozano-Argüelles*
Affiliation:
Rutgers University
Nuria Sagarra
Affiliation:
Rutgers University
Joseph V. Casillas
Affiliation:
Rutgers University
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Address for correspondence: Cristina Lozano-Argüelles, E-mail: cris.lozano@rutgers.edu
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Abstract

Native speakers use suprasegmental information to predict words, but less is known about segmental information. Moreover, anticipatory studies with non-native speakers are scarce and mix proficiency with anticipatory experience. To address these limitations, we investigated whether Spanish monolinguals and advanced English learners of Spanish use suprasegmentals (stress: oxytone, paroxytone) and segmentals (syllabic structure: CVC, CV) to predict word suffixes, and whether increased anticipatory experience acquired via interpreting will facilitate anticipation in non-interpreting L2 situations. Eye-tracking data revealed that: (1) the three groups made use of the linguistic variables, and L2 groups did not anticipate in CV paroxytones; (2) everybody anticipated better with the less frequent conditions (oxytones, CVC) having fewer lexical competitors; (3) monolinguals anticipated earlier than L2 learners; and (4) interpreters anticipated at a faster rate in some conditions. These findings indicate that less frequent suprasegmental and segmental information and anticipatory experience facilitate native and non-native spoken word prediction.

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anticipationmorphological processinginterpretinglexical stresssyllabic structuresegmentalssuprasegmentals

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Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , Volume 23 , Special Issue 4: Interpreting: A window into bilingual processing , August 2020 , pp. 752 - 762
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