ADVANCE Fellows: Bilingual Processing and Acquisition in Multidisciplinary Environment

该项目集中在双语研究的广泛方面，有两个目标：1）在一系列语言实验中研究双语处理; 2）将双语者作为一个特殊人群，对眼动跟踪技术进行试点。 双语者是一个特殊的群体，这是由于他们的交际能力的一个特点，被称为“表现缺陷”。“四个实验将研究一般和特定语言的信息来源如何影响双语俄罗斯-英语成年人的处理性能，以及双语俄罗斯-英语儿童如何使用免费的头戴式眼动追踪技术开发在线处理机制。通过监测听的过程中的眼动，可以推断出很多关于语言理解的加工和发展。 这项技术可以为研究非常不同的学科，如特殊需要的人群，讲外语的人，以及少数民族群体的文化和语言的考虑提供的好处将被探讨。 该研究计划还将帮助培养语言学，神经科学和认知科学多学科领域的研究生。该奖项通过NSF ADVANCE计划提供支持。高级方案的总体使命是通过增加妇女在学术科学和工程职业中的代表性和地位，增加妇女在科学和工程劳动力中的参与。

This project concentrates on broad aspects of bilingual research and has two goals: 1) to investigate bilingual processing in a series of language experiments and 2) to pilot the eye-tracking technology with bilinguals as a special population. Bilinguals represent a special population group due to a characteristic of their communicative abilities referred to as "performance deficit." Four experiments will examine how general and language-specific sources of information influence processing performance of bilingual Russian-English adults and how on-line processing mechanisms are developed by bilingual Russian-English children using free head-mounted eye-tracking technology. By monitoring the eye movements during listening, much can be inferred about language interpretation in processing and development. The benefits that this technology can provide for research on very diverse classes of subjects, such as special needs populations, foreign speakers, and minority groups with cultural and language considerations will be explored. This research program will also help train graduate students in the multi-disciplinary areas of linguistics, neuroscience, and cognitive science.This award is supported through the NSF ADVANCE Program. The overall mission of the ADVANCE Program is to increase the participation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increased representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers.