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SUMMARY:Learning and Production of Phonological Variation - Dr. Youngah Do (HKU)
DESCRIPTION:In all domains in linguistics\, categorical variation exists\, e.g.\, English be vs. get passives. Compared to other linguistic variation\, phonological variation is much more gradient\, because it encompasses subcategorical phonetic adjustments\, with many categories occupying a continuous range of values\, e.g.\, English / fronting. Moreover\, many phonological patterns are grounded in physiological properties\, e.g.\, /ki/ → [tʃi] alternation\, which is motivated by articulatory\, acoustic\, and perceptual factors that enhance its learnability. This talk presents a series of phonological variation learning studies\, from which I show how phonological patterns’ inherent gradience and physical grounding shape learning. Based on the findings\, I propose learning biases specific to phonological learning\, in line with the idea of embodied cognition\, wherein cognition is claimed to depend on aspects of the agent’s body. \nZoom meeting: \nhttps://hku.zoom.us/j/3951550048?pwd=SncvL3RYakEycUtpL29vdDJEdlEwdz09  \nMeeting ID: 395 155 0048 │Password: psyc
URL:https://linguistics.hku.hk/event/learning-and-production-of-phonological-variation-dr-youngah-do-hku/
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SUMMARY:How syntactic structural aspects interact with memory representation - Dr. Nayoun Kim (Sungkyunkwan University)
DESCRIPTION:This talk is concerned with how components in memory structures and online structure building processes interact by investigating the online processing of Wh-Filler-Gap Dependencies (WhFGD) and ellipsis constructions. Resolving long-distance dependencies involves linking the dependent element to the controlling element. In the case of Wh-gap dependency formation\, the wh-element is linked to the gap. In the case of ellipsis resolution\, the ellipsis site is linked to the antecedent. In the processing of long-distance dependency resolution\, I point out that two component processes are involved: the storage/maintenance component and the retrieval component. A series of studies on WhFGD formation reveals that the sentence processing mechanism involves maintenance component on top of the retrieval component. Studies on ellipsis constructions further reveals that when the antecedent is retrieved\, detailed grammatical structural information should be retrieved\, thus grammatical and structural information must be encoded in memory. Based on the results of these studies\, I specifically argue for the following points: (i) the filler is released from memory\, depending on the grammatical requirement of the filler; (ii) given that information associated with the filler being retrieved reflects the extent to which the filler is maintained\, the parser retrieves grammatical information associated with the wh-filler; and (iii) the parser is sensitive to grammatical distinctions at the ellipsis site in contrast to the processing of anaphoric one and pronoun it. These studies provide evidence that both the maintenance and retrieval process are heavily constrained by grammatical information associated with the elements that engage in dependency formation. \n  \nZoom meeting \nhttps://hku.zoom.us/j/93808540621 \n938 0854 0621
URL:https://linguistics.hku.hk/event/how-syntactic-structural-aspects-interact-with-memory-representation-dr-nayoun-kim-sungkyunkwan-university/
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SUMMARY:Prediction in native and non-native language comprehension - Dr. Aine ITO\, National University of Singapore
DESCRIPTION:People process language at an incredibly fast speed. A speaker can easily produce several words per second\, while a listener must decode the meaning of each word and integrate the meaning into the context at roughly the same speed. Native language (L1) speakers usually do this efficiently\, and one way they achieve this efficiency is by predicting upcoming language. In contrast\, non-native language (L2) comprehension is less efficient compared to L1 comprehension. A possible reason for less efficient L2 comprehension is that L2 speakers tend to predict to a lesser extent than L1 speakers. In this talk\, I will present studies on prediction in L1 and L2 and discuss major accounts for reduced prediction in L2. I will end the talk by discussing future directions I will take to explore the possibility of using prediction as a tool for facilitating real-time comprehension in L2 speakers. \nZoom meeting:\nhttps://hku.zoom.us/j/93808540621 \n938 0854 0621
URL:https://linguistics.hku.hk/event/prediction-in-native-and-non-native-language-comprehension-dr-aine-ito-national-university-of-singapore/
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