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Syntax-Based Approaches to Sentence Processing Syntax-Based Approaches to Sentence Processing
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Grammar Knowledge as a Rule-Based Symbol System Grammar Knowledge as a Rule-Based Symbol System
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Syntax-Based Processing Syntax-Based Processing
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Syntax-Based Accounts of L2 Processing Syntax-Based Accounts of L2 Processing
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Syntax-Based Models of L2 Processing and SLA Theory Syntax-Based Models of L2 Processing and SLA Theory
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Constraint-Based Approaches to L2 Sentence Processing Constraint-Based Approaches to L2 Sentence Processing
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Grammar Knowledge as a Graded Probabilistic System Grammar Knowledge as a Graded Probabilistic System
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Sentence Processing as Cue Competition and Convergence Sentence Processing as Cue Competition and Convergence
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Constraint-Based Accounts of Sentence Processing Constraint-Based Accounts of Sentence Processing
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Constraint-Based Accounts of L2 Processing Constraint-Based Accounts of L2 Processing
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Constraint-Based Models of L2 Processing and Sla Theory Constraint-Based Models of L2 Processing and Sla Theory
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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21 Language Transfer and Cross Linguistic Studies: Relativism, Universalism, and the Native Language
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13 Computational Models of Second Language Sentence Processing
Get accessMichael Harrington is a senior lecturer in second language acquisition at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He has an MA in English as a second language (ESL) from the University of Hawaii, and a PhD in experimental psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research and teaching interests are in second language acquisition, research methods, second language vocabulary development, Japanese as a second language, and computer-mediated language processing and use. He has published articles and chapters in the areas of second language cognitive models, working memory, sentence processing, and computer-mediated second language acquisition. He may be reached at http://[email protected].
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Published:18 September 2012
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Abstract
Sentence comprehension draws on multiple levels of linguistic knowledge, including the phonological, orthographic, lexical, syntactic, and discoursal. This article focuses on the computational models of second language sentence processing. Understanding the computational mechanisms responsible for using this knowledge in real time provides basic insights into how language and the mind work. For a cognitive theory of second language acquisition, a better understanding of how the second language learner develops the capacity to process sentences fluently also has important implications for theories of acquisition and instruction. This article examines two perspectives on written sentence comprehension in the second language. The two approaches considered are syntax based and constraint based. The approaches make fundamentally different assumptions concerning the nature of linguistic representation and how the human speech processing mechanism uses this knowledge in online comprehension. The two perspectives also represent a basic division between formalist and functionalist/usage based approaches to second language learning and use.
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