Doctoral Dissertation Research: The influence of local social context on speech perception in bilinguals

博士论文研究：当地社会背景对双语者言语感知的影响

基本信息

批准号：
2234845
负责人：
Annette D'Onofrio
金额：
$ 0.82万
依托单位：
Northwestern University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2023-03-01 至 2025-02-28
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2234845&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research influence local

项目摘要

Bilinguals dynamically adapt their language use in response to social context. Their perception of a conversation partner’s language knowledge, for example, can influence their expectations for what language(s) are needed or appropriate in an interaction. Theories of bilingual language control, which consider how bilinguals engage and switch between their languages, postulate a role for social information in these processes but have not determined what aspects are relevant. Furthermore, where studies have considered the role of social context on bilinguals’ language control mechanisms, they have traditionally utilized measures that are not locally situated and, therefore, do not capture the ways in which localized social meanings may impact bilingual language processing and control. To better reflect how bilinguals communicate, however, theories of bilingual language control must account for the social meanings that bilinguals associate with the use of their languages within a local context. Through semi-structured interviews, social evaluation tasks, and perception tasks with Mexican American, Spanish-English bilinguals, this doctoral dissertation project will investigate how local social meanings shape bilinguals’ expectations of what language(s) someone will speak and, consequently, their perception of that person’s speech. This work contributes to the understanding of how detailed, community-grounded social information is engaged in bilingual language perception and control processes, expanding our knowledge of what aspects of social context matter for bilinguals when perceiving and producing language.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.

双语者会动态调整其语言使用，以响应社会环境。例如，他们对对话伙伴的语言知识的看法会影响他们对互动中需要或适当的语言的期望。双语语言控制的理论考虑了双语者如何在语言之间进行互动和切换，假定在这些过程中的社会信息角色，但尚未确定哪些方面是相关的。此外，在研究中考虑了社会环境在双语者语言控制机制中的作用时，他们传统上利用了不是本地位置的措施，因此不会捕获本地化社会含义可能会影响双语语言处理和控制的方式。为了更好地反映双语者如何交流，双语语言控制的理论必须说明双语者与在本地环境中使用其语言相关联的社会含义。通过半结构化的访谈，社会评估任务以及对墨西哥裔美国人，西班牙语英语双语者的看法任务，该博士学位论文项目将调查当地社会含义如何影响双语者对某人会说什么语言的期望，从而使他们对该人的讲话的看法。这项工作有助于理解如何从事双语语言感知和控制过程的详细，社区基础的社会信息，从而扩展了我们对在感知和制作语言时对社会背景的哪些方面对双语的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法规使命，并被认为是通过基金会的知识优点和广泛的cristria来评估来通过评估来支持的，并被认为是宝贵的支持。