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

• 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

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.

双语是针对社交环境的动态使用，可以影响他们对互动中需要的语言的期望或在这些过程中的互动中适当的。但是，没有确定ts的措施。结构化的访谈，社会评估任务，与墨西哥梅美洲人，西班牙语 - 英语双语者的完美任务，这个博士学位项目将在当地的社会含义形成双语者对帽子语言的期望（S）有人会说话，而社区的社交信息则参与双语社交信息语言感知和控制过程，扩大了我们在感知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'Stutory的使命，并通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响审查标准来促使人们对粗略的评估进行审查。