Quantitative Methods in Multilingual Acquisition and Processing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klassen, Gabrielle.

Series:

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Series

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Series ; v.16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Multilingualism.

Genre:

Essays

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2026.

Summary:

This essential volume dives into the cutting-edge methods driving today's research in language acquisition and processing. Covering first, second, and multilingual contexts, it offers hands-on guidance for employing behavioral, reaction-based, and physiological measures to explore how language is learned and used across the lifespan.

Contents:

Intro

Table of contents

About the editors

About the contributors

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Overview of quantitative methods examining the acquisition and processing of multilingual languages

Chapter 2 Bilingualism in context

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Contributions of event-related potentials to understanding complexity in language processing

2.2.1 Language control states evoke distinct neural signatures

2.2.2 Bridging el gap between variationists and cognitive electrophysiologists

2.3 Gaze fixations and pupil dilations: Where lab and field work meet the eye

2.3.1 Literacy effects are WEIRD

2.3.2 Pupillometry as a tool for increasing ecological validity in heritage language processing

2.4 Conclusion

References

Chapter 3 Using corpora and variationist approaches to make inferences about language representation

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Corpus linguistics, variation, and the benefits of quantitative analysis

3.2.1 What is a corpus?

3.2.2 Corpus types, characteristics, and objectives

3.2.3 Variation

3.3 How to extract patterns using corpora

3.3.1 Corpus analysis

3.3.1.1 Tokenizing and part of speech tagging

3.3.1.2 Error tagging and other manual annotations

3.3.1.3 Off-the-shelf tools

3.3.1.4 Logistic regression

3.3.1.5 Mixed-effects modeling

3.3.1.6 Multi-dimensional framework

3.4 Looking ahead

3.4.1 Developing new corpora

3.4.2 Future directions for analyses of existing corpora

3.4.2.1 Phonetic analyses

3.4.2.2 Task variables

3.4.2.3 Other methodological approaches

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 4 Using offline methods to probe the bi/multilingual acquisition of phonological and phonetic domains

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Speech production

4.2.1 Gathering production data

4.2.2 Analyzing production data

4.3 Speech perception.

4.3.1 Identification tasks

4.3.2 Discrimination tasks

4.4 Spoken word recognition

4.4.1 Lexical decision

4.4.2 Auditory and cross-modal priming

4.4.3 Novel word learning

4.5 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Using offline methods to probe underlying grammatical representations

5.1 Introduction

5.2 L2 representations and the interlanguage

5.3 Comprehension and production

5.3.1 Comprehension tasks

5.3.2 Production elicitation methods

5.4 Offline studies alongside online studies

5.5 Experimental design considerations

5.6 Conclusion

Chapter 6 Measuring spoken language proficiency using offline methods

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Key concepts

6.3 Proficiency measurement within an umbrella framework for conceptualizing bilingualism

6.4 Offline measurements of language proficiency skills

6.4.1 Researcher-developed measures of proficiency

6.4.2 Standardized measures of proficiency

6.4.3 Research contexts for proficiency measurement

6.5 Conclusion

Chapter 7 The use of priming to study language processing in multilinguals

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The priming paradigm

7.3 Cross-language orthographic priming

7.4 Cross-language phonological priming

7.5 Cross-language semantic/associative priming

7.6 Translation priming

7.7 Concluding remarks

Chapter 8 Using reaction and reading time techniques to study bi/multilingual sentence processing

8.1 Introduction

8.1.1 Types of questions that RT techniques can investigate

8.2 Judgment tasks

8.2.1 What are judgment tasks and what are they used for?

8.2.2 Examples of past research

8.2.2.1 L2 sentence processing

8.2.2.2 Crosslinguistic influence

8.2.3 The pros and cons of using judgment tasks in psycholinguistic research

8.3 Self-paced reading.

8.3.1 What is self-paced reading and what is it used for?

8.3.2 Examples of past research

8.3.2.1 L2 sentence processing

8.3.2.2 Heritage speakers

8.3.2.3 Crosslinguistic influence

8.3.2.4 Code-switching

8.3.4 Pros and cons of using self-paced reading

8.4 Maze task

8.4.1 What it is and what it is used for

8.4.2 Examples of research using Maze tasks

8.4.3 Pros and cons of using the Maze task

8.5 Methodological issues

8.6 Conclusion

Chapter 9 The use of non-linguistic cognitive conflict tasks to understand the bilingual mind

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Creating the canon of testing

9.3 The explosion of cognitive conflict research on bilingualism

9.3.1 Controlling conflict

9.3.2 Directing attention towards the brain

9.3.3 It's about more than just tasks

9.4 The future of non-linguistic research on cognition in bilingualism

9.5 Conclusion

Chapter 10 Eye-tracking as a window into second language development and processing

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Eye-tracking

10.3 Technical and methodological considerations

10.4 Interim summary

10.5 Eye-tracking in bilingual children

10.6 Eye-tracking in adults

10.6.1 Eye-tracking morphosyntax and syntax

10.6.2 Eye-tracking single words and multiword sequences

10.6.3 Eye-tracking in other tasks

10.7 Conclusion

Chapter 11 Neural imaging (PET, MEG, and fMRI) as a window into language development and processing

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Positron emission tomography (PET)

11.2.1 The technique

11.2.2 Experimental evidence

11.3 Magnetoencephalography (MEG)

11.3.1 The technique

11.3.2 Experimental evidence

11.3.3 Summary

11.4 Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

11.4.1 The technique

11.4.2 Experimental evidence.

11.4.3 L1-L2 typological distance and writing systems

11.4.4 Classroom instruction and the role of the inferior parietal lobe (IPL) before and after training

11.4.5 fMRI in individuals and across groups

11.5 Conclusion

Chapter 12 Electrodermal activity and heart rate as windows into language processing

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Using electrodermal activity to study language processing

12.2.1 Understanding the autonomic nervous system

12.2.2 Measuring foreign language anxiety

12.2.3 Measuring emotional resonances during language processing

12.2.3.1 How electrodermal activity varies for bilingual's L1 vs. LX language use

12.2.3.2 How emotional arousal differs depending on proficiency

12.2.3.3 Lying in a less proficient language

12.2.3.4 Emotion and effort when reasoning about moral dilemmas

12.2.4 Analyzing electrodermal activity during simultaneous interpreting

12.3 Using the cardiovascular system to inform research questions

12.3.1 Heart rate

12.3.2 Heart rate variability

12.3.3 Using heart rate to measure cognitive effort

12.3.4 Using heart rate to assess emotion, effort, and stress during language processing

12.3.5 Heart rate variability is sensitive to emotion and cognition

12.4 How consumer wearable technologies help researchers

12.5 Advantages and challenges of physiological measures

12.5.1 Advantages

12.5.1.1 Low cost

12.5.1.2 Methodology is relatively easy

12.5.2 Challenges

12.5.2.1 Measures of arousal are nonspecific

12.5.2.2 Temporal resolution

12.6 Future research

12.6.1 Studying larger language narratives and longer-duration experiences

12.6.2 Studying language in the real world

12.7 Conclusion

Chapter 13 Using articulatory methods to study multilingual speech

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Theoretical frameworks.

13.2.1 Articulatory phonology

13.2.2 Articulatory settings

13.3 Articulatory techniques

13.3.1 Aerodynamic techniques

13.3.2 Electropalatography

13.3.3 Electromagnetic articulography

13.3.4 Ultrasound

13.4 Conclusion

Index.

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ISBN:

90-272-4386-7

9789027243867

OCLC:

1583176723