Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Psycholinguistic Status of Lone English-Origin Nouns in Spanish: Integrating Sociolinguistic Approaches

博士论文研究：西班牙语中源自英语的孤独名词的心理语言学地位：整合社会语言学方法

基本信息

批准号：
1823634
负责人：
Paola Dussias
金额：
$ 1.71万
依托单位：
Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-09-01 至 2023-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1823634&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Psycholinguistic Status

项目摘要

It is estimated that 53 million Americans speak Spanish, the majority of whom are bilingual. Spanish-English bilingualism has become a hallmark of communities across the U.S., from the growing Cuban-American population in Miami, Florida, to the long-established Mexican-American communities throughout the Southwest, to the population of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Across these communities, there is a common linguistic practice that plays a central role in bilingualism research: language mixing. Defined as the simultaneous use of two languages within a single conversation, language mixing is viewed by some as haphazard or indicative of incompetence. However, linguistic research has demonstrated that language mixing is structured and rule-driven, and that accomplishing it requires great skill in both languages. Despite its ubiquity across bilingual communities the world over, however, linguists have yet to agree on what counts as actual instances of language mixing. Likewise, while much is known about the social aspects of language mixing, research has only begun to explore the psychological and cognitive characteristics of language mixing.The dissertation research supported by this award combines approaches from different subdisciplines in linguistics to provide a clearer understanding of how bilinguals combine their two languages. The project focuses on the use of single English nouns of English embedded in otherwise Spanish sentences--so-called "lone items". By bringing together the rich source of knowledge on the use of lone items in bilingual speech and modern psychological techniques, the project will examine how lone items are processed and comprehended, and how sensitive bilinguals are to grammatical changes in the use of lone items. Although linguistic understanding of bilingualism has improved greatly over the past several decades, heavy stigma still surrounds the use and mixing of two or more languages. The present research will contribute to the growing body of research showing that language mixing is a skill, and has social, psychological, and cognitive characteristics that influence human language understanding.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

据估计，有 5300 万美国人讲西班牙语，其中大多数人会说双语。西班牙语-英语双语已经成为美国各地社区的标志，从佛罗里达州迈阿密不断增长的古巴裔美国人人口，到整个西南部历史悠久的墨西哥裔美国人社区，再到美国领土波多黎各的人口。在这些社区中，有一种共同的语言实践在双语研究中发挥着核心作用：语言混合。语言混合的定义是在一次对话中同时使用两种语言，有些人认为语言混合是随意的或无能的表现。然而，语言研究表明，语言混合是结构化的、规则驱动的，并且实现它需要两种语言的高超技巧。然而，尽管它在世界各地的双语社区中普遍存在，但语言学家尚未就什么算作语言混合的实际实例达成一致。同样，虽然人们对语言混合的社会方面了解很多，但研究才刚刚开始探索语言混合的心理和认知特征。该奖项支持的论文研究结合了语言学不同分支学科的方法，以更清楚地了解语言混合如何产生影响。双语者将两种语言结合起来。该项目的重点是使用嵌入西班牙语句子中的单个英语名词，即所谓的“单独项目”。通过汇集双语言语中孤立项目使用的丰富知识源和现代心理学技术，该项目将研究如何处理和理解孤立项目，以及双语者对孤立项目使用中的语法变化有多敏感。尽管过去几十年来，人们对双语的理解有了很大的提高，但两种或多种语言的使用和混合仍然存在严重的耻辱。目前的研究将有助于越来越多的研究表明语言混合是一种技能，并且具有影响人类语言理解的社会、心理和认知特征。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。