Development of Language Processing - Einzelansicht

This Masters course examines and compares grammatical processing in child first (L1) and adult second language (L2) learners, focusing on sentence-level phenomena. Specific questions to be examined include: What role does the ability to process the input play in L1 and L2 acquisition? Are language processing mechanisms universal or language-specific? Do sentence parsing strategies develop in conjunction with, or independently from, language learners' grammatical competence? Do adult language learners process the L2 input in the same way as native speakers of the target language do? Do properties of L2 learners' native language affect their processing of the L2? We will also consider current theoretical accounts of L1/L2 processing differences.

This course will run asynchronously via Moodle, with additional Zoom meetings as required.

https://moodle2.uni-potsdam.de/course/view.php?id=27865

The course presupposes a good basic grounding in grammatical theory and description. Some familiarity with current issues, models and methods used in experimental sentence processing research is desirable.