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The Effects Of Language Background And Foreign Accent On Listening Comprehension, Sita Carraturo
The Effects Of Language Background And Foreign Accent On Listening Comprehension, Sita Carraturo
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
The act of listening to a linguistic signal is an involved process, and, rarely occurs in absolute silence. A person trying to listen and comprehend speech is likely in an environment that has some sort of additional noise: white noise from a fan, passing traffic, construction, or just other talkers. Each of these additional auditory signals creates an unfavorable environment for the listener who is trying to capture the target signal. Research has been able to quantify and describe the effects of noise on the comprehension of linguistic signals, and has also shown that that bilinguals and monolinguals — though …
Auditory Distraction On Visual Translation: Language Interference In Spanish-English Bilinguals, Violet A. Young
Auditory Distraction On Visual Translation: Language Interference In Spanish-English Bilinguals, Violet A. Young
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Cross-Modal Distraction On Simultaneous Translation: Language Interference In Spanish-English Bilinguals, Violet A. Young
Cross-Modal Distraction On Simultaneous Translation: Language Interference In Spanish-English Bilinguals, Violet A. Young
Honors Undergraduate Theses
Bilingualism has been studied extensively in multiple disciplines, yet we are still trying to figure out how exactly bilinguals think. A bilingual advantage has been observed in various experimental studies, but also has not been observed in many other studies. A bilingual advantage has been shown in tasks using selective attention. These tasks study the effects of language interference, where two types of interference are observed: interlingual (between-languages) and intralingual (within one language). This study examined language interference in Spanish-English bilinguals, using an auditory-visual simultaneous translation experimental setup. 16 college English monolinguals and 17 college Spanish-English bilinguals were tested. The …
Pragmatic Comprehension Of English Refusals By Spanish-English Bilinguals, Clevia Josefina Perez
Pragmatic Comprehension Of English Refusals By Spanish-English Bilinguals, Clevia Josefina Perez
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
This study investigated the pragmatic comprehension and production of the speech act of refusals in English by a group of Spanish-English bilinguals (SEB) in comparison with native English speakers (NES), taking into account variables such as length of residency in the L2 environment, type of refusals and level of politeness. Other variables explored included speed of lexical access and working memory. SEB who learned English as adults were divided into two groups (short, long) according to their length of residency in an English language environment. All participants performed a Pragmatic Listening Task (PLT) and an oral production task both involving …