Language learning and cognitive restructuring in bilingual French-German event processing
Lorette, Pernelle
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Gorski, Theresa
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Engemann, Helen
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Soroli, Eva

Document Type:
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Conference or workshop publication
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Year of publication:
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2024
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Book title:
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Proceedings of 15th International Conference of Experimental Linguistics : ExLing 2024, Université Paris Cité, 23-25 October 2024, Paris, France
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Page range:
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61-64
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Conference title:
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ExLing 2024
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Location of the conference venue:
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Paris, France
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Date of the conference:
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23.-25.10.2024
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Place of publication:
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Athens, Greece
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Publishing house:
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ExLing Society
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ISBN:
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978-618-84585-5-0
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ISSN:
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2529-1092
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Publication language:
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English
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Institution:
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School of Humanities > Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung (Juniorprofessur) (Engemann 2017-)
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Subject:
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400 Language, linguistics
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Keywords (English):
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motion event processing , French-German bilinguals , linguistic typology , eye-tracking , linguistic and cognitive restructuring
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Abstract:
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This study examines the influence of linguistic properties on cognitive processing of motion events in French-German sequential bilinguals (L2-speakers). Employing verbal production and categorization tasks paired with eye-tracking, the results indicate that L2-speakers overall align their Manner lexicalization with German L1-speakers. However, low-proficiency L2-speakers exhibit reduced Manner encoding for low-Manner-salient events (e.g., walking). While preparing to verbalize, L2-speakers’ visual attention develops throughout the learning process: dwell time on Manner-salient areas increases with longer L2-immersion – even exceeding L1 patterns before stabilizing. In the categorization task, a trend towards more Manner-congruent choices with increasing proficiency did not reach significance, pointing to important individual variability. These findings suggest that cognitive restructuring requires extensive experience with the target language, is task-dependent, and develops progressively.
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Lorette, Pernelle
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Gorski, Theresa
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Engemann, Helen
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Soroli, Eva
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Engemann, Helen
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Soroli, Eva
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Lorette, Pernelle ORCID: 0000-0001-6695-5254 ; Gorski, Theresa ; Engemann, Helen ORCID: 0000-0001-5937-2819 ; Soroli, Eva
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