How L2 Accented Speech Influences Grammatical and Natural Gender Prediction

Carly Levy and Felicity Sarnoff

Using the visual-world paradigm, we investigate whether L1 German speakers show differences in predicting upcoming nouns based on natural or grammatical gender cues when listening to error-free L1- and L2accented speech. We found that native listeners engaged in predictive processing based on natural gender with both L1- and L2-accented speech, yet they engaged in delayed predictive processing for grammatical gender.

Major: 
Linguistics
Exhibition Category: 
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Carrie Jackson
Poster Number: 
181