ADVANCE Fellows: Bilingual Processing and Acquisition in Multidisciplinary Environment

本项目集中于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加工；2)在双语者作为特殊人群中试验眼动追踪技术。双语者是一个特殊的群体，因为他们的交际能力有一种被称为“表现缺陷”的特征。四个实验将研究一般和特定语言的信息源如何影响俄语-英语双语成人的加工表现，以及使用免费头戴式眼动追踪技术的俄语-英语双语儿童如何发展在线加工机制。通过对听时眼球运动的监测，可以推断出语言解释的加工和发展过程。这项技术可以为非常多样化的主题提供研究的好处，例如特殊需要人群，外国人，以及考虑文化和语言的少数群体。该研究项目还将帮助培养语言学、神经科学和认知科学等多学科领域的研究生。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会ADVANCE计划资助。ADVANCE计划的总体任务是通过增加女性在学术科学和工程职业中的代表性和进步来增加女性在科学和工程劳动力中的参与度。

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.