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Professor KATHY CONKLIN's Outputs (58)

Processing punctuation and word changes in different editions of prose fiction (2015)
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Carrol, G., Conklin, K., Guy, J., & Scott, R. (2015). Processing punctuation and word changes in different editions of prose fiction. Scientific Study of Literature, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.5.2.05con

The digital era has brought with it a shift in the field of literary editing in terms of the amount and kind of textual variation that can reasonably be annotated by editors. However, questions remain about how far readers engage with textual variant... Read More about Processing punctuation and word changes in different editions of prose fiction.

Eye-tracking multi-word units: some methodological questions (2015)
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Carrol, G., & Conklin, K. (2015). Eye-tracking multi-word units: some methodological questions. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 7(5), https://doi.org/10.16910/jemr.7.5.5

Eye-tracking in linguistics has focused mainly on reading at the level of the word or sentence. In this paper we discuss how the phenomenon of formulaic language might best be examined using this methodology. Formulaic language is fundamentally multi... Read More about Eye-tracking multi-word units: some methodological questions.

Making sense of the Sense Model: translation priming with Japanese-English bilinguals (2015)
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Allen, D., Conklin, K., & van Heuven, W. J. (2015). Making sense of the Sense Model: translation priming with Japanese-English bilinguals. Mental Lexicon, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.10.1.02all

Many studies have reported that first language (L1) translation primes speed responses to second language (L2) targets, whereas L2 translation primes generally do not speed up responses to L1 targets in lexical decision. According to the Sense Model... Read More about Making sense of the Sense Model: translation priming with Japanese-English bilinguals.

The role of verbal and pictorial information in multimodal incidental acquisition of foreign language vocabulary (2014)
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Bisson, M. J., van Heuven, W. J., Conklin, K., & Tunney, R. J. (2014). The role of verbal and pictorial information in multimodal incidental acquisition of foreign language vocabulary. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68(7), 1306-1326. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2014.979211

© 2014 The Author. Published by Taylor & Francis. This study used eye tracking to investigate the allocation of attention to multimodal stimuli during an incidental learning situation, as well as its impact on subsequent explicit learning. Particip... Read More about The role of verbal and pictorial information in multimodal incidental acquisition of foreign language vocabulary.

Reading Dickens’s characters: employing psycholinguistic methods to investigate the cognitive reality of patterns in texts (2014)
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Mahlberg, M., Conklin, K., & Bisson, M.-J. (2014). Reading Dickens’s characters: employing psycholinguistic methods to investigate the cognitive reality of patterns in texts. Language and Literature, 23(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0963947014543887

This article reports the findings of an empirical study that uses eye-tracking and follow-up interviews as methods to investigate how participants read body language clusters in novels by Charles Dickens. The study builds on previous corpus stylistic... Read More about Reading Dickens’s characters: employing psycholinguistic methods to investigate the cognitive reality of patterns in texts.

The role of repeated exposure to multimodal input in incidental acquisition of foreign language vocabulary (2014)
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Bisson, M.-J., van Heuven, W. J., Conklin, K., & Tunney, R. J. (2014). The role of repeated exposure to multimodal input in incidental acquisition of foreign language vocabulary. Language Learning, 64(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12085

Prior research has reported incidental vocabulary acquisition with complete beginners in a foreign language (FL), within 8 exposures to auditory and written FL word forms presented with a picture depicting their meaning. However, important questions... Read More about The role of repeated exposure to multimodal input in incidental acquisition of foreign language vocabulary.

Getting your wires crossed: evidence for fast processing of L1 idioms in an L2 (2014)
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Carrol, G., & Conklin, K. (2014). Getting your wires crossed: evidence for fast processing of L1 idioms in an L2. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 17(4), https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728913000795

Monolingual speakers show priming for idiomatic sequences (e.g. a pain in the neck) relative to matched controls (e.g. a pain in the foot); single word translation equivalents show cross-language activation (e.g. dog–chien) for bilinguals. If the lex... Read More about Getting your wires crossed: evidence for fast processing of L1 idioms in an L2.

Short- and long-term effects of rote rehearsal on ESL learners’ processing of L2 collocations (2014)
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Szudarski, P., & Conklin, K. (2014). Short- and long-term effects of rote rehearsal on ESL learners’ processing of L2 collocations. TESOL Quarterly, 48(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.201

Worldwide there is thought to be around 750 million people who speak English as a foreign language (Crystal, 2003, p. 69). For these speakers the difference between make a picture and take a picture may seem arbitrary. However, use of the former is l... Read More about Short- and long-term effects of rote rehearsal on ESL learners’ processing of L2 collocations.

Cross-linguistic similarity norms for Japanese-English translation equivalents (2013)
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Allen, D., & Conklin, K. (2014). Cross-linguistic similarity norms for Japanese-English translation equivalents. Behavior Research Methods, 46, 540-563. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-013-0389-z

Formal and semantic overlap across languages plays an important role in bilingual language processing systems. In the present study, Japanese (first language; L1)-English (second language; L2) bilinguals rated 193 Japanese-English word pairs, includi... Read More about Cross-linguistic similarity norms for Japanese-English translation equivalents.

Cross-linguistic similarity and task demands in Japanese-English bilingual processing (2013)
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Allen, D. B., & Conklin, K. (2013). Cross-linguistic similarity and task demands in Japanese-English bilingual processing. PLoS ONE, 8(8), Article e72631. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072631

Even in languages that do not share script, bilinguals process cognates faster than matched noncognates in a range of tasks. The current research more fully explores what underpins the cognate ‘advantage’ in different script bilinguals (Japanese-Engl... Read More about Cross-linguistic similarity and task demands in Japanese-English bilingual processing.

Incidental acquisition of foreign language vocabulary through brief multi-modal exposure (2013)
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Bisson, M.-J., van Heuven, W. J., Conklin, K., & Tunney, R. J. (2013). Incidental acquisition of foreign language vocabulary through brief multi-modal exposure. PLoS ONE, 8(4), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060912

First language acquisition requires relatively little effort compared to foreign language acquisition and happens more naturally through informal learning. Informal exposure can also benefit foreign language learning, although evidence for this has b... Read More about Incidental acquisition of foreign language vocabulary through brief multi-modal exposure.

The processing of formulaic language (2012)
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Conklin, K., & Schmitt, N. (2012). The processing of formulaic language. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 32, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0267190512000074

It is generally accepted that we store representations of individual words in our mental lexicon. There is growing agreement that the lexicon also contains formulaic language (How are you? kick the bucket). In fact, there are compelling reasons to th... Read More about The processing of formulaic language.

Electrophysiological measures of conflict detection and resolution in the Stroop task (2011)
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Coderre, E. L., Conklin, K., & van Heuven, W. J. (2011). Electrophysiological measures of conflict detection and resolution in the Stroop task. Brain Research, 1413, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2011.07.017

Conflict detection and resolution is crucial in a cognitive task like the Stroop task. Previous studies have identified an early negativity component (Ninc) as a prominent marker of Stroop conflict in event-related potentials (ERPs). However, to what... Read More about Electrophysiological measures of conflict detection and resolution in the Stroop task.

Seeing a phrase “time and again” matters: the role of phrasal frequency in the processing of multiword sequences (2011)
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Siyanova-Chanturia, A., Conklin, K., & van Heuven, W. J. (2011). Seeing a phrase “time and again” matters: the role of phrasal frequency in the processing of multiword sequences. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 37(3), https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022531

Are speakers sensitive to the frequency with which phrases occur in language. The authors report an eye-tracking study that investigates this by examining the processing of multiword sequences that differ in phrasal frequency by native and proficient... Read More about Seeing a phrase “time and again” matters: the role of phrasal frequency in the processing of multiword sequences.

Adding more fuel to the fire: an eye-tracking study of idiom processing by native and non-native speaker (2011)
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Siyanova-Chanturia, A., Conklin, K., & Schmitt, N. (2011). Adding more fuel to the fire: an eye-tracking study of idiom processing by native and non-native speaker. Second Language Research, 27(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658310382068

Using eye-tracking, we investigate on-line processing of idioms in a biasing story context by native and non-native speakers of English. The stimuli are idioms used figuratively (at the end of the day – ‘eventually’), literally (at the end of the day... Read More about Adding more fuel to the fire: an eye-tracking study of idiom processing by native and non-native speaker.

Fast automatic translation and morphological decomposition in Chinese- English bilinguals (2011)
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Zhang, T., van Heuven, W. J., & Conklin, K. (2011). Fast automatic translation and morphological decomposition in Chinese- English bilinguals. Psychological Science, 22(10), https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611421492

In this study, we investigated automatic translation from English to Chinese and subsequent morphological decomposition of translated Chinese compounds. In two lexical decision tasks, Chinese-English bilinguals responded to English target words that... Read More about Fast automatic translation and morphological decomposition in Chinese- English bilinguals.

Formulaic sequences: Are they processed more quickly than nonformulaic language by native and nonnative speakers? (2008)
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Conklin, K., & Schmitt, N. (2008). Formulaic sequences: Are they processed more quickly than nonformulaic language by native and nonnative speakers?. Applied Linguistics, 29(1), 72-89. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amm022

It is generally accepted that formulaic sequences like take the bull by the horns serve an important function in discourse and are widespread in language. It is also generally believed that these sequences are processed more efficiently because singl... Read More about Formulaic sequences: Are they processed more quickly than nonformulaic language by native and nonnative speakers?.