The Department of English Language Acquisition
and the PSYCHOLinguistics Reading Group
invite you to two guest lectures by:
Dr Christopher J. Hall
(York St John University)
The Parasitic Model of vocabulary development in additional languages
A review of a conceptual framework for understanding the cognitive processes and representations involved in the earliest stages of word learning in a second or subsequent language. I will concentrate on the grammatical frame (or “lemma”) level of lexical knowledge, presenting evidence collected from “error” analysis in written L2 production and grammaticality judgement tests in L3, and exploring in particular the role of cognates and typological proximity. An article in the current volume of Language Learning represents our latest work on the model.
TUESDAY 21st April 11:30 – 13:00 Room 601A
Ultimate attainment in vocabulary development: The challenge from World Englishes
In this lecture I question some of the assumptions underlying the methodologies used to test the predictions of the Parasitic Model, especially the notions of “error” and “target language representation.” The World Englishes approach views English (and languages in general) as a collection of socially determined endonormative systems. This, I argue, is more compatible with cognitive conceptions of language than those which many psycholinguists actually adopt. This work in progress aims to contribute to the development of a more comprehensive applied linguistics, one which seeks to understand the dual nature of language as both mental faculty and sociocultural experience.
WEDNESDAY 22nd April 11:30 – 13:00 Room 601A
EVERYBODY'S WELCOME!!!
