28.448, Calls: Language Acquisition/Spain

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Subject: 28.448, Calls: Language Acquisition/Spain

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Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:33:33
From: Cristina Suarez-Gomez [cristina.suarez at uib.es]
Subject: Grammatical Processing in Second Language Speakers

 
Full Title: Grammatical Processing in Second Language Speakers 

Date: 07-Sep-2017 - 09-Sep-2017
Location: Palma (Balearic Islands), Spain 
Contact Person: Carlos Acuña-Fariña
Meeting Email: carlos.acuna.farina at usc.es
Web Site: http://www.uibcongres.org/GALA13/paginas/pagina_421_2.en.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 13-Feb-2017 

Meeting Description:

Grammatical Processing in Second Language Speakers : Agreement, Polarity,
Anaphora and other Grammatical Illusions

The human parser is surprisingly accurate in applying the complex collection
of grammatical rules. Yet, sometimes real-time linguistic processes give rise
to representations that are not allowed by the grammar but are perceived as
acceptable. This phenomenon is referred to as ‘grammatical illusions’
(Phillips, Wagers and Lau, 2011). The illusory perception of the linguistic
input has been observed in a diverse range of structures, including verbal
agreement (Pearlmutter, Garnsey, and Bock 1999; Wagers, Lau, & Phillips 2009),
negative polarity items (Drenhaus et al. 2005; Vasishth et al. 2008; Xiang et
al. 2009, 2013), anaphora (Parker, Lago, and Phillips 2015), comparative
structures (Wellwood et al. 2012) and other dependencies. For instance, an
illusion of grammaticality arises when a sentence like ‘The key to the
cabinets are on the table’ (Bock & Miller, 1991) is judged as acceptable
despite the fact that the morphological features of the verb do not agree with
its subject. This is known as an attraction effect. Grammatical illusory
phenomena have been understood as the result of constraints imposed by the
structure of working memory in terms of the retrieval mechanisms that are used
in order to carry out grammatical operations (Vasishth et al., 2008).
Nonetheless, they also bring interesting questions on the nature of the
linguistic system and the psychological status of linguistic representations
in real-time. 

The workshop seeks to shed new light from the perspective of second language
acquisition on issues that have mainly been studied in terms of adult first
language processing. This shift of focus raises several questions: 

(a) To what extent do first and second language speakers differ in their
processing of these so-called illusory structures? 
(b) In what ways can the grammatical processing of second language learners
inform the real-time status of linguistic operations?
(c) Is it possible to generalize the predictions from adult native speakers to
second language proficient speakers in terms of their mental grammars?
(d) What are the effects of proficiency?


2nd Call for Papers:

The workshop invites submissions on studies addressing these and other
questions related to grammatical processing in second language learners.

Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts in any of the topics
listed above. Abstracts should not exceed one page in letter-size or A4 paper,
with one extra page for examples, tables, figures and references, with 1-inch
or 2.5 cm margins on all sides and 12 point font-size. The abstract should
have a clear title and should not reveal the name of the author(s).
Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author,
or two joint abstracts per author.

When you submit your abstract on the GALA conference website, you will be
asked to provide a short summary (150 words max.) of the abstract which will
be added to the book of abstracts. Upon submission, please indicate whether
your work should be considered for an oral presentation (either the Main
Session or one of the Workshops) or for a poster (or both). Submitting the
same abstract to both the Main Session and to one of the Workshops is not
allowed.




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