What contributes to fluent L2 speech? Examining cognitive and utterance fluency link with underlying L2 collocational processing speed and accuracy

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Applied Psycholinguistics Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI:10.1017/s014271642400016x

Kotaro Takizawa

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Abstract

Second language (L2) fluency research has suggested that a range of linguistic knowledge and processing speed serve as cognitive fluency (CF) underlying L2 utterance fluency (UF). Building on prior CF-UF link studies, this study explored L2 collocational processing speed and accuracy as underlying CF measures. This study also explored the phrasal frequency effect on the relationship between collocational processing speed and UF to test whether the processing speed of higher-frequency collocations is more strongly related to UF. A total of 108 Japanese university students completed a phrasal acceptability judgment task with adjective–noun collocations pooled from the Academic Collocation List. Speech was elicited in an argumentative speech task, and UF measures were computed based on speed, breakdown, and repair fluency. The results revealed that the collocational processing speed was weakly tied to articulation rate and mid-clause and end-clause silent pause ratio (rho = |.271–.322|), while the collocational processing accuracy was weakly to moderately tied to most UF measures except filled pause ratio (rho = |.281–.368|). The collocation frequency moderated the relationship between the processing speed and UF, suggesting that high-frequency collocations served as a proxy for automaticity in speech production. Implications for CF-UF link research are discussed.

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是什么促成了流利的 L2 言语？研究认知和语篇流利性与 L2 词组处理速度和准确性之间的联系

第二语言（L2）流利性研究表明，一系列语言知识和处理速度是认知流利性（CF）的基础，也是 L2 语篇流利性（UF）的基础。本研究以之前的认知流利性与语篇流利性之间的联系研究为基础，探讨了作为认知流利性基础的第二语言搭配处理速度和准确性。本研究还探讨了短语频率对搭配处理速度和语篇流畅性之间关系的影响，以检验高频率搭配的处理速度是否与语篇流畅性有更密切的关系。共有 108 名日本大学生完成了一项词组可接受性判断任务，其中的形容词-名词搭配均来自《学术搭配表》。在争论性言语任务中激发了言语，并根据速度、分解和修复流畅度计算了 UF 测量值。结果显示，搭配处理速度与衔接率、句中和句末无声停顿比（rho = |.271-|.322|）呈弱相关，而搭配处理准确性与除填充停顿比（rho = |.281-|.368|）外的大多数 UF 测量呈弱至中等相关。搭配频率调节了处理速度和 UF 之间的关系，这表明高频率的搭配是语音生成中自动性的代表。本文讨论了CF-UF联系研究的意义。

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Applied Psycholinguistics Multiple-

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3.90

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期刊介绍： Applied Psycholinguistics publishes original research papers on the psychological processes involved in language. It examines language development , language use and language disorders in adults and children with a particular emphasis on cross-language studies. The journal gathers together the best work from a variety of disciplines including linguistics, psychology, reading, education, language learning, speech and hearing, and neurology. In addition to research reports, theoretical reviews will be considered for publication as will keynote articles and commentaries.