The 2022 Albert Valdman Award

IF 4.2 1区文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Studies in Second Language Acquisition Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1017/s0272263123000098

A. Valdman, Kazuya Saito, Hui Sun, Magdalena Kachlicka, John Robert Carvajal Alayo, T. Nakata, A. Tierney

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Abstract

We express our gratitude to the review board of SSLA for granting our article the Albert Valdman award for outstanding publication this year. In the field of cognitive psychology, scholars have thoroughly examined the significance of auditory processing, that is, the ability to perceive pitch and temporal characteristics of nonverbal sounds, in determining the rate of L1 development and delay. Within the context of 139 post-pubertal L2 learners of English with diverse biographical backgrounds, our study represents one of the initial endeavors to explore the extent to which this domain-general auditory perception can explain individual differences in their segmental, prosodic, lexical, and morphosyntactic proficiency in naturalistic settings. The outcomes of our study support the domain-general view that precise auditory processing constitutes a critical component of the mechanisms underlying and propelling human language acquisition throughout the lifespan. We are elated about this recognition because our work not only enriches the field of SLA but also arouses curiosity and interest in SLA among related disciplines, such as cognitive psychology and neuroscience. It is our hope that our work will encourage more researchers to view SLA as an interesting testing ground for their own topics, leading to evenmore interdisciplinary research across various dimensions.

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2022年艾伯特·瓦尔德曼奖

我们非常感谢SSLA评审委员会授予我们的文章今年的Albert Valdman杰出出版物奖。在认知心理学领域，学者们已经深入研究了听觉加工的重要性，即感知非语言声音的音高和时间特征的能力，在决定母语发展和延迟的速度方面。在139名具有不同传记背景的青春期后二语英语学习者的背景下，我们的研究代表了探索这种领域一般听觉感知在多大程度上可以解释自然环境下他们在片段、韵律、词汇和形态句法熟练程度上的个体差异的初步努力之一。我们的研究结果支持了该领域的普遍观点，即精确的听觉处理构成了人类一生中潜在和推动语言习得的机制的关键组成部分。我们对这一认可感到高兴，因为我们的工作不仅丰富了二语习得领域，而且引起了认知心理学和神经科学等相关学科对二语习得的好奇心和兴趣。我们希望我们的工作将鼓励更多的研究人员将SLA视为他们自己主题的有趣试验场，从而在各个维度上进行更多的跨学科研究。

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition LINGUISTICS-

CiteScore

8.00

自引率

9.80%

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期刊介绍： Studies in Second Language Acquisition is a refereed journal of international scope devoted to the scientific discussion of acquisition or use of non-native and heritage languages. Each volume (five issues) contains research articles of either a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods nature in addition to essays on current theoretical matters. Other rubrics include shorter articles such as Replication Studies, Critical Commentaries, and Research Reports.