Collocational Processing in Light of the Phraseological Continuum Model: Does Semantic Transparency Matter?

Autor/inn/en	Gyllstad, Henrik; Wolter, Brent
Titel	Collocational Processing in Light of the Phraseological Continuum Model: Does Semantic Transparency Matter?
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 66 (2016) 2, S.296-323 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/lang.12143
Schlagwörter	Phrase Structure; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Processing; Computational Linguistics; Native Speakers; Control Groups; Swedish; Semantics; Task Analysis; Decision Making; Role; Reaction Time; Error Analysis (Language); Linguistic Theory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Phrasenstruktur; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachverarbeitung; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Muttersprachler; Schwedisch; Semantik; Aufgabenanalyse; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Rollen; Reaktionsvermögen; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Linguistische Theorie
Abstract	The present study investigates whether two types of word combinations (free combinations and collocations) differ in terms of processing by testing Howarth's Continuum Model based on word combination typologies from a phraseological tradition. A visual semantic judgment task was administered to advanced Swedish learners of English (n = 27) and native English-speaking controls (n = 38). Reaction times and error rates were recorded for free combinations, collocations, and baseline items. There was a processing cost for collocations compared to free combinations, for both groups of participants. This cost likely stems from the semantically semi-transparent nature of collocations as they are defined in the phraseological tradition. Furthermore, phrasal frequency based on corpus values also predicted reaction times. These results lend initial support to the Continuum Model from a processing perspective and suggest that degree of semantic transparency together with phrasal frequency plays an important role in collocational processing. (As Provided).
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