Chapter 6. Prediction in bilingual children
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Figen Karaca
Abstract
A wealth of studies has shown that more proficient monolingual speakers are better at predicting upcoming information during language comprehension. Similarly, prediction skills of adult second language (L2) speakers in their L2 have also been argued to be modulated by their L2 proficiency. How exactly language proficiency and prediction are linked, however, is yet to be systematically investigated. One group of language users which has the potential to provide invaluable insights into this link is bilingual children. In this paper, we compare bilingual children’s prediction skills with those of monolingual children and adult L2 speakers, and show how investigating bilingual children’s prediction skills may contribute to our understanding of how predictive processing works.
Abstract
A wealth of studies has shown that more proficient monolingual speakers are better at predicting upcoming information during language comprehension. Similarly, prediction skills of adult second language (L2) speakers in their L2 have also been argued to be modulated by their L2 proficiency. How exactly language proficiency and prediction are linked, however, is yet to be systematically investigated. One group of language users which has the potential to provide invaluable insights into this link is bilingual children. In this paper, we compare bilingual children’s prediction skills with those of monolingual children and adult L2 speakers, and show how investigating bilingual children’s prediction skills may contribute to our understanding of how predictive processing works.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- List of contributors ix
- Chapter 1. Prediction in second language processing and learning 1
- Chapter 2. Automaticity and prediction in non-native language comprehension 25
- Chapter 3. Second language prediction ability across different linguistic domains 47
- Chapter 4. Influence of syntactic complexity on second language prediction 69
- Chapter 5. Language prediction in second language 91
- Chapter 6. Prediction in bilingual children 115
- Chapter 7. Code-switching 139
- Chapter 8. Prediction and grammatical learning in second language sentence processing 167
- Chapter 9. The role of prediction in second language vocabulary learning 187
- Chapter 10. Forcing prediction increases priming and adaptation in second language production 207
- Index 233
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- List of contributors ix
- Chapter 1. Prediction in second language processing and learning 1
- Chapter 2. Automaticity and prediction in non-native language comprehension 25
- Chapter 3. Second language prediction ability across different linguistic domains 47
- Chapter 4. Influence of syntactic complexity on second language prediction 69
- Chapter 5. Language prediction in second language 91
- Chapter 6. Prediction in bilingual children 115
- Chapter 7. Code-switching 139
- Chapter 8. Prediction and grammatical learning in second language sentence processing 167
- Chapter 9. The role of prediction in second language vocabulary learning 187
- Chapter 10. Forcing prediction increases priming and adaptation in second language production 207
- Index 233
