New publications
- A Rational Model of Incremental Argument Interpretation: The Comprehension of Sw. Transitive Clauses 2021-10-20 This paper by Thomas Hörberg and T. Florian Jaeger presents a Bayesian model of incremental argument interpretation in transitive sentences in Swedish. The model predicts processing difficulty in terms of Bayesian surprise associated with changes in expectations of argument interpretations (SVO vs OVS). The model brings together expectation-based and constraint-based models of sentence processing by being concerned with changes in expectations based on linguistic features, rather than on words or syntactic categories. Model evaluations against reading times in a self-paced reading experiment show that Bayesian surprise as predicted by the model explains reading times equally well as a model that explains reading times directly from linguistic features. This suggests that the effects of linguistics features in argument interpretation are mediated through expectation-based processing.
- The sentence repetition task as a measure of sign language proficiency 2021-10-08 This article by Krister Schönström and Peter C. Hauser describes the development of a Swedish Sign Language Sentence Repetition Test (STS-SRT) and the evidence that supports the validity of the test’s interpretation and use. The test outcomes revealed that adults scored 20.2% higher than children, and delayed sign language acquisition were associated with lower scores. The results provide reliability and validity evidence to support the use of STS-SRT in research as a measure of STS proficiency.
- Mouthings in Swedish Sign Language : An exploratory study 2021-10-01 This paper by Johanna Mesch, Krister Schönström and Sebastian Embacher deals with the non-manual mouth actions of Swedish Sign Language (STS). Based on data from two large corporas, the study compare the use of mouthings in deaf L1 as well as hearing L2 signers. Mouthings is a category of mouth actions that is based on a mouth movement with visual elements borrowed from the prototypical mouth articulation of words from spoken language. Mouth gestures on the other hand are sign languages’ own language-specic mouth movements. This study shows that L1 signers have a preference for reduced mouthing in comparison to L2 signers.
- Talking About Temperature and Social Thermoregulation in the Languages of the World 2021-10-20 Why do we use the same adjective for describing people and for talking about concrete temperature perception? This paper by Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm and Dmitry Nikolaev reports on a first systematic cross-lingual study of the exponents of conceptual metaphor AFFECTION IS WARMTH (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; Grady, 1997).
- Patient or Citizen? Participation and Accessibility for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People (...) 2021-09-20 Drawing upon ethnographic data from two projects, this paper by Ingela Holmström and Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta focuses on interpretation issues in deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) individuals’ everyday lives.
- Phonological Variations Are Compensated at the Lexical Level: Evidence From Auditory Neural Activity 2021-08-27 This paper by Hatice Zora et al. investigates the consequences of plausible and implausible variations on lexical access. The main result is consistent with the larger notion that the long-term memory representations for words enable rapid lexical access even in the case of partial auditory information.
- Sign languages and second language acquisition research: An introduction (K. Schönström) 2021-08-23 This paper includes a brief contemporary overview of sign language and Sign Second Language Acquisition research, together with some insights from the research on iconicity and gestures. It also includes some examples from studies on L2 signers of Swedish Sign language (STS).
- The Hindu Kush–Karakorum and linguistic areality (H. Liljegren) 2021-08-23 The article summarizes and discusses the most important results of the research project Language contact and relatedness in the Hindu Kush region (2015—2020).
- Modality-Focused L2-Instruction in Swedish Sign Language 2021-07-12 This empirical study by Ingela Holmström shows a language teaching context that largely differs from other language teaching contexts and how students experience this new language learning process. The article is a part of the UTL2 project at the Department of Linguistics.
- Prototype Semantics and Cross‐Linguistic Comparison 2021-03-19 In our article we attempt to relate the achievements and discussion within cross-linguistic research on semantics to the general discussion of categorisation and prototypes. We conclude that categories, as they emerge in the course of cross-linguistic research, have fuzzy boundaries and seem to be organized in terms of prototypes.
- Use and acquisition of mouth actions in L2 sign language learners : A corpus-based approach (2021) 2021-01-04 This article deals with L2 acquisition of a sign language, examining in particular the use and acquisition of non-manual mouth actions performed by L2 learners of Swedish Sign Language.
- N1 repetition-attenuation for acoustically variable speech and spectrally rotated speech 2020-12-21 In the present study, N1 repetition-attenuation was investigated for speech and spectrally rotated speech with varying degrees of acoustic and perceptual category variation.
- The dynamics of vowel hypo-and hyperarticulation in Swedish infant-directed speech to 12-month-olds 2020-12-21 Vowel hypo- and hyperarticulation (VHH) was investigated in Swedish infant-directed speech (IDS) to Swedish 12-month-olds using a measure that normalizes across speakers and vowels: the vhh-index.
- Links between language and executive functions in Swedish preschool children: A pilot study 2021-03-19 The pilot study included 47 children aged 4–6 and aimed at describing the relationship between language and executive functions.
- Breathing in Conversation 2020-11-04 This work revisits the problem of breathing cues used for management of speaking turns in multiparty casual conversation.
- Conveying environmental context to deafblind people: a study of tactile sign language interpreting. 2020-11-04 This paper aims to contribute to the field of tactile sign language interpreting by describing how two Tactile Swedish Sign Language interpreters convey environmental information to two deafblind women.
- Evidence of an Effect of Gaming Experience on Visuospatial Attention in Deaf but Not in Hearing... 2020-11-04 Using a test of attentional control, we found that deaf gamers performed on a par with hearing controls, while the performance of deaf non-gamers was poorer. Among hearing controls there was no effect of gaming. This suggests that deaf gamers may have better visuospatial attentional control than deaf non-gamers.
