Production of familiar phrases: Frequency effects in native speakers and second language learners (original) (raw)

Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition, 2018

Abstract

Current evidence suggests that native speakers and, to a lesser degree, second language learners are sensitive to the frequency with which phrases occur in language. Much of this evidence, however, comes from language comprehension. While a number of production studies have looked at phrase frequency effects in a first language, little evidence exists with respect to the production of phrases in a second language. The present study addressed this gap by examining the production of English binomial expressions by first and late second language speakers. In a phrase elicitation task, participants produced binomial expressions (bride and groom) and their reversed forms (groom and bride), which are identical in form and meaning but differ in frequency. Mixed-effects modeling revealed that native speakers' articulatory durations were modulated by phrase frequency, but not the type of stimulus (binomial vs. reversed). Nonnative speakers' articulatory durations were not affected ei...

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