Language learning and cognitive restructuring in bilingual French-German event processing


Lorette, Pernelle ; Gorski, Theresa ; Engemann, Helen ; Soroli, Eva



Document Type: Conference or workshop publication
Year of publication: 2024
Book title: Proceedings of 15th International Conference of Experimental Linguistics : ExLing 2024, Université Paris Cité, 23-25 October 2024, Paris, France
Page range: 61-64
Conference title: ExLing 2024
Location of the conference venue: Paris, France
Date of the conference: 23.-25.10.2024
Place of publication: Athens, Greece
Publishing house: ExLing Society
ISBN: 978-618-84585-5-0
ISSN: 2529-1092
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Publication language: English
Institution: School of Humanities > Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung (Juniorprofessur) (Engemann 2017-)
Subject: 400 Language, linguistics
Keywords (English): motion event processing , French-German bilinguals , linguistic typology , eye-tracking , linguistic and cognitive restructuring
Abstract: 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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