Look at That: Spatial Deixis Reveals Experience-Related Differences in Prediction

Autor/inn/en	Reuter, Tracy; Sullivan, Mia; Lew-Williams, Casey
Titel	Look at That: Spatial Deixis Reveals Experience-Related Differences in Prediction
Quelle	In: Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 29 (2022) 1, S.1-26 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Reuter, Tracy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1048-9223
DOI	10.1080/10489223.2021.1932905
Schlagwörter	Prediction; Language Processing; Native Language; English; Preschool Children; Second Language Learning; Language Usage; Eye Movements; Form Classes (Languages); Listening Comprehension; Comparative Analysis; English (Second Language); Learning Experience; Auditory Stimuli; Task Analysis; Language Proficiency; Language Skills; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorhersage; Sprachverarbeitung; English language; Englisch; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachgebrauch; Augenbewegung; Analytischer Sprachbau; Hörverständnis; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Lernerfahrung; Auditive Stimulation; Aufgabenanalyse; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	Prediction-based theories posit that interlocutors use prediction to process language efficiently and to coordinate dialogue. The present study evaluated whether listeners can use spatial deixis (i.e., "this," "that," "these," and "those") to predict the plurality and proximity of a speaker's upcoming referent. In two eye-tracking experiments with varying referential complexity (N = 168), native English-speaking adults, native English-learning 5-year-olds, and nonnative English-learning adults viewed images while listening to sentences with or without informative deictic determiners, e.g., "Look at the/this/that/these/those wonderful cookie(s)." Results showed that all groups successfully exploited plurality information. However, they varied in using deixis to anticipate the proximity of the referent; specifically, L1 adults showed more robust prediction than L2 adults, and L1 children did not show evidence of prediction. By evaluating listeners with varied language experiences, this investigation helps refine proposed mechanisms of prediction and suggests that linguistic experience is key to the development of such mechanisms. (As Provided).
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