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Processing non-native language: Its mechanisms and their cognitive and social consequences| old_uid | 10171 |
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| title | Processing non-native language: Its mechanisms and their cognitive and social consequences |
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| start_date | 2011/09/20 |
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| schedule | 12h-13h30 |
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| online | no |
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| summary | Non-native language is less reliable in conveying the speakers' intentions, and listeners know and expect that. I propose that these expectations of lower competence lead listeners to adjust their processing when listening to non-native speakers by increasing their reliance on top-down processes and sufficing with less detailed processing of the language, but only if they have the cognitive resources to do so. I will first show evidence supporting these claims, and then show that the adjustment to non-native speakers temporary alters semantic organization and the way listeners process language and represent things in general. For example, I will show that interactions with non-native speakers lead to a higher level of object categorization and to poorer memory of one’s own speech. I will end by showing one of the social consequences of the adjustment in processing - better perspective-taking when listening to non-native speakers. |
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| responsibles | Sackur |
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