Working memory and L2 sentence processing

Cunnings, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5318-0186 (2022) Working memory and L2 sentence processing. In: Schwieter, J. W. and Wen, Z. (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language. Cambridge University Press, pp. 593-612. ISBN 9781108955638 doi: 10.1017/9781108955638.033

Abstract/Summary

Working memory based limitations have increasingly been proposed as a way of explaining differences between native (L1) and non-native (L2) sentence processing. However, while there has been increasing interest in the role that working memory may play in L2 sentence processing, different approaches to L2 processing rely on different conceptualisations of the role that working memory plays in sentence processing. These different conceptualisations lead to different predictions about both the source of L1/L2 differences in sentence processing, and how individual differences in L2 processing should be measured. In this chapter, I critically evaluate different models of working memory during L2 sentence comprehension, review existing studies that have examined how working memory influences L2 sentence processing, and discuss the importance of considering how individual differences in working memory and sentence processing can be measured.

Item Type	Book or Report Section
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/106198
Identification Number/DOI	10.1017/9781108955638.033
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Clinical Language Sciences Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Language and Cognition
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
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