A Cross-Linguistic Study of Individual Differences in Speech Planning
Although previous research has shown that there exist individual and cross-linguistic differences in planning strategies during language production, little is known about how such individual differences might vary depending on which language a speaker is planning. The present series of studies exami...
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| description | Although previous research has shown that there exist individual and cross-linguistic differences in planning strategies during language production, little is known about how such individual differences might vary depending on which language a speaker is planning. The present series of studies examines individual differences in planning strategies exhibited by speakers of American English, French, and German. Participants were asked to describe images on a computer monitor while their eye movements were monitored. In addition, we measured participants' working memory capacity and speed of processing. The results indicate that in the present study, English and German were planned less incrementally (further in advance) prior to speech onset compared to French, which was planned more incrementally (not as far in advance). Crucially, speed of processing predicted the scope of planning for French speakers, but not for English or German speakers. These results suggest that the different planning strategies that are invoked by syntactic choices available in different languages are associated with the tendency for speakers to rely on different cognitive support systems as they plan sentences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11b76393025d41b7a90ec4b1d187f6c42022-12-21T21:26:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-05-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.655516655516A Cross-Linguistic Study of Individual Differences in Speech PlanningBenjamin Swets0Susanne Fuchs1Jelena Krivokapić2Jelena Krivokapić3Caterina Petrone4Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, United StatesLeibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft, Berlin, GermanyDepartment of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesHaskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT, United StatesCNRS, Aix Marseille Univ, LPL, Aix-en-Provence, FranceAlthough previous research has shown that there exist individual and cross-linguistic differences in planning strategies during language production, little is known about how such individual differences might vary depending on which language a speaker is planning. The present series of studies examines individual differences in planning strategies exhibited by speakers of American English, French, and German. Participants were asked to describe images on a computer monitor while their eye movements were monitored. In addition, we measured participants' working memory capacity and speed of processing. The results indicate that in the present study, English and German were planned less incrementally (further in advance) prior to speech onset compared to French, which was planned more incrementally (not as far in advance). Crucially, speed of processing predicted the scope of planning for French speakers, but not for English or German speakers. These results suggest that the different planning strategies that are invoked by syntactic choices available in different languages are associated with the tendency for speakers to rely on different cognitive support systems as they plan sentences.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.655516/fullspeech planningincrementalitycrosslinguisticindividual differenceworking memoryspeed of processing |
| spellingShingle | Benjamin Swets Susanne Fuchs Jelena Krivokapić Jelena Krivokapić Caterina Petrone A Cross-Linguistic Study of Individual Differences in Speech Planning Frontiers in Psychology speech planning incrementality crosslinguistic individual difference working memory speed of processing |
| title | A Cross-Linguistic Study of Individual Differences in Speech Planning |
| title_full | A Cross-Linguistic Study of Individual Differences in Speech Planning |
| title_fullStr | A Cross-Linguistic Study of Individual Differences in Speech Planning |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Cross-Linguistic Study of Individual Differences in Speech Planning |
| title_short | A Cross-Linguistic Study of Individual Differences in Speech Planning |
| title_sort | cross linguistic study of individual differences in speech planning |
| topic | speech planning incrementality crosslinguistic individual difference working memory speed of processing |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.655516/full |
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