Structural competition in second language production: towards a constraint-satisfaction model
Article
Austin, Gavin, Pongpairoj, Nattama and Trenkic, Danijela. 2015. "Structural competition in second language production: towards a constraint-satisfaction model." Language Learning: a journal of research in language studies. 65 (3), pp. 689-722. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12108
| Article Title | Structural competition in second language production: towards a constraint-satisfaction model |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 20437 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Austin, Gavin (Author), Pongpairoj, Nattama (Author) and Trenkic, Danijela (Author) |
| Journal Title | Language Learning: a journal of research in language studies |
| Journal Citation | 65 (3), pp. 689-722 |
| Number of Pages | 34 |
| Year | 2015 |
| Place of Publication | United States |
| ISSN | 0023-8333 |
| 1467-9922 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12108 |
| Web Address (URL) | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lang.12108/abstract |
| Abstract | Second language (L2) learners often show inconsistent production of some aspects of L2 grammar. One view, primarily based on data from L2 article production, suggests that grammatical patterns licensed by learners’ native language (L1) and those licensed by their L2 compete for selection, leading to variability in the production of L2 functional morphology. In this study, we show that the idea of structural competition has broader applicability, in correctly predicting certain asymmetries in the production of both the definite article the and plural marking –s by Thai learners of English. At the same time, we recognize that learners’ growing sensitivity to structural regularities in the L2 might be an additional contributing factor, and therefore make a novel proposal for how the L1–L2 structural competition model and the sensitivity-to-L2-structural regularities account could be integrated and their respective contributions studied under the constraint-satisfaction model of language processing. We argue that this approach is particularly suited to studying bilingual processing as it provides a natural framework for explaining how highly disparate factors, including partially activated options from both languages, interact during processing. |
| Keywords | L2 functional morphology; production; articles; plural; structural competition; cross-linguistic influences |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 399999. Other education not elsewhere classified |
| 470499. Linguistics not elsewhere classified | |
| Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
| Chulalongkorn University, Thailand | |
| University of York, United Kingdom | |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Permalink -
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3317/structural-competition-in-second-language-production-towards-a-constraint-satisfaction-model
Download files
1754
total views82
total downloads2
views this month2
downloads this month
Export as
Related outputs
Prosodic transfer across constructions and domains
Austin, Gavin. 2015. "Prosodic transfer across constructions and domains." 2015 International Conference on Deep Languages Education Policy and Practices. Ipswich, Queensland 17 - 18 Oct 2015Reimagining a speech pathology program embedded with compassion
James, D., Mathisen, B., Girardi, A. and Austin, G.. 2024. "Reimagining a speech pathology program embedded with compassion." 2024 UQ Compassion Symposium. Brisbane, Australia 27 - 28 Sep 2024‘You can be as vigilant as you can, yet they make their way in’: A descriptive study of parent and caregiver perspectives towards keeping children safe from button batteries
Girardi, Anna M., Long, David N. and Austin, Gavin. 2024. "‘You can be as vigilant as you can, yet they make their way in’: A descriptive study of parent and caregiver perspectives towards keeping children safe from button batteries." Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 5 (3), pp. 270-275. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpr3.12096Depression and thoughts of self-harm or suicide among gender and sexually diverse people in a regional Australian community
Phillips, Tania M., Austin, Gavin, Sanders, Tait, Martin, Margaret, Hudson, Jacqueline, Fort, Alexandra, Excell, Tarra, Mullens, Amy B. and Bromdal, Annette. 2024. "Depression and thoughts of self-harm or suicide among gender and sexually diverse people in a regional Australian community." Health Promotion Journal of Australia. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.855Affect and conation in second language learning: Survey data from Ukrainian learners of English
Austin, Gavin and Yanovych, Andriy. 2024. "Affect and conation in second language learning: Survey data from Ukrainian learners of English ." Data in Brief. 53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110090Refocusing and reimagining a new undergraduate speech pathology program to embed Compassionate Care
James, D., Mathisen, B., Girardi, A. and Austin, G.. 2023. "Refocusing and reimagining a new undergraduate speech pathology program to embed Compassionate Care ." IASLT Biennial Conference 2023. 05 - 06 Dec 2023Australian parents’ and caregivers’ knowledge and attitudes regarding button battery safety: A national survey
Girardi, A., Long, D. and Austin, G.. 2023. "Australian parents’ and caregivers’ knowledge and attitudes regarding button battery safety: A national survey." 30th University of Southern Queensland Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher (PGECR) Group Research Symposium. Online 08 - 08 Sep 2023Doctor Repeats of Patient Responses in Vietnamese Medical Consultations
Nguyen, Hương Thị Linh and Austin, Gavin. 2023. "Doctor Repeats of Patient Responses in Vietnamese Medical Consultations." Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 13 (4), pp. 809-821. https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1304.01An Asymmetry in the Spoken Production of Number Agreement in Second Language English: Adjacency or Locality?
Austin, Gavin, Nguyen, Huong Thi Linh and Nguyen, Huong Thi Thu. 2023. "An Asymmetry in the Spoken Production of Number Agreement in Second Language English: Adjacency or Locality?" GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies. 23 (1), pp. 1-16. https://doi.org//10.17576/gema-2023-2301-01Prosodic transfer across constructions and domains in L2 inflectional morphology
Austin, Gavin, Chang, Heejin, Kim, Nayoung and Daly, Eoin. 2022. "Prosodic transfer across constructions and domains in L2 inflectional morphology." Linguistic approaches to bilingualism. 12 (5), pp. 657-686. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.19076.ausLeading a school community with an eye to the future
Andrews, D., Conway, J., Bauman, C., Austin, G., Turner, D. and McIlveen, P.. 2022. "Leading a school community with an eye to the future ." International ICSEI Virtual Congress 2022: Back to the Future? Problems and Possibilities for Educational Equity, Quality and Sustainability. Online 05 - 11 Jan 2022Introduction [to Stimulating languages and learning: global perspectives and community engagement]
Austin, Gavin and O'Neill, Shirley. 2020. "Introduction [to Stimulating languages and learning: global perspectives and community engagement]." Austin, Gavin and O'Neill, Shirley (ed.) Stimulating languages and learning: global perspectives and community engagement. Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, United States. Deep Education Press. pp. 9-10Stimulating languages and learning: global perspectives and community engagement
Austin, Gavin and O'Neill, Shirley. 2020. Stimulating languages and learning: global perspectives and community engagement. Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, United States. Deep Education Press.On invoking third parties in Vietnamese medical communication
Nguyen, Huong Thi Linh and Austin, Gavin. 2018. "On invoking third parties in Vietnamese medical communication." Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 8 (7), pp. 713-725. https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.0807.01Treatment recommendation in Vietnamese medical consultations
Nguyen, Huong Thi Linh, Austin, Gavin and Chau, Dung Duc. 2018. "Treatment recommendation in Vietnamese medical consultations." People: International Journal of Social Sciences. 3 (3), pp. 1010-1027. https://doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2018.33.10101027Follow-up visits in doctor-patient communication: the Vietnamese case
Nguyen, Huong and Austin, Gavin. 2018. "Follow-up visits in doctor-patient communication: the Vietnamese case." International Journal of Society, Culture & Language. 6 (1), pp. 18-30.Eliciting patients’ health concerns in consulting rooms and wards in Vietnamese public hospitals
Nguyen, Huong Thi Linh, Austin, Gavin, Chau, Dung Duc, Nguyen, Hien Quang, Nguyen, Khanh Hoang Bao and Duong, Manh The. 2018. "Eliciting patients’ health concerns in consulting rooms and wards in Vietnamese public hospitals." International Journal Of Applied Linguistics and English Literature. 7 (2), pp. 121-133. https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijalel.v.7n.2p.121Articles and plurals in L2 production: Effects of NP complexity
Austin, G., Pongpairoj, N. and Trenkic, D.. 2015. "Articles and plurals in L2 production: Effects of NP complexity." Bilingualism Symposium: Theory, Practice and Innovation: Social, Cognitive and Linguistic Perspectives in the Study of Bilingualism. Sydney, Australia 05 - 05 Jun 2015 Australia.Competition between L1- and L2-licensed structures leads to variability in functional morphology production
Trenkic, D., Austin, G. and Pongpairoj, N.. 2013. "Competition between L1- and L2-licensed structures leads to variability in functional morphology production." 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB 9). Singapore 10 - 13 Jun 2013Competition between articles and plurals in L2 production, when the L1 has neither
Trenkic, D., Austin, G. and Pongpairoj, N.. 2012. "Competition between articles and plurals in L2 production, when the L1 has neither." 22nd Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA 22). Poznań, Poland Sep - Oct 2012One problem with one theory of variability in L2 article production
Austin, G. and McDouall, A.. 2011. "One problem with one theory of variability in L2 article production." Winter International Conference on Linguistics in Seoul (WICLIS 2011). Korea 04 - 05 Jan 2011Syntactic misanalysis in L2 article production: A developmental perspective
Austin, G. and McDouall, A.. 2010. "Syntactic misanalysis in L2 article production: A developmental perspective." Linguistic Society of Korea, 2010 Winter Conference (LSK 2010). Seoul, Korea Jan - Feb 2010Measuring the effects of word structure on L2 article misanalysis
Austin, G. and McDouall, A.. 2010. "Measuring the effects of word structure on L2 article misanalysis." 12th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar. Korea Jan - Feb 2010The Number Sensitivity Hypothesis: Accounting for asymmetries in L2 plural production
Austin, G.. 2010. "The Number Sensitivity Hypothesis: Accounting for asymmetries in L2 plural production." Japan Second Language Association Annual Conference (J-SLA 2010). Gifu City, Japan 12 - 12 Jun 2010Number sensitization in plural production: Support from Korean speakers of English
Austin, G.. 2010. "Number sensitization in plural production: Support from Korean speakers of English." 2010 Seoul International Conference on Linguistics (SICOL 2010). Seoul, Korea 23 - 25 Jun 2010Articles competing with plurals in L2 production
Austin, G.. 2010. "Articles competing with plurals in L2 production." 12th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS 2010). Tokyo, Japan 01 - 01 Jan 2010The Syntactic Misanalysis Hypothesis: Support from Korean speakers of English
Austin, G. and McDouall, A.. 2009. "The Syntactic Misanalysis Hypothesis: Support from Korean speakers of English." 2009 Applied Linguistics Association of Korea Annual Conference (ALAK 2009). Seoul, Korea 05 - 05 Dec 2009Explaining variability in article production by Korean speakers of English
Austin, Gavin and McDouall, Andrew. 2009. "Explaining variability in article production by Korean speakers of English." 2009 International Asian Conference on Education (ACE 2009). Osaka, Japan 24 - 25 Oct 2009 Japan.Constraint splitting and article typology: Evidence from Sinhala
Austin, G.. 2008. "Constraint splitting and article typology: Evidence from Sinhala ." 2008 Australian Linguistics Society Annual Conference (ALS 2008). Sydney, Australia 02 - 04 Jul 2008From parameters to constraints: Explaining alternations in causee expression
Austin, G.. 2008. "From parameters to constraints: Explaining alternations in causee expression." 18th International Congress of Linguists (CIL 18): Workshop on Argument Realization in Asian Languages. Seoul, Korea 21 - 26 Jul 2008 Korea.Optimality in argument fusion: The morphological causative in Sinhala
Austin, G.. 2007. "Optimality in argument fusion: The morphological causative in Sinhala." Linguistic Society of New Zealand 17th Biennial Conference (LSNZ 2007). Hamilton, New Zealand 19 - 20 Nov 2007This item comprises data from the following sources: Web of Science and Scopus