Kukona, Anuenue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4377-3057, Akhter, Khursheda, Akinyi, Israela, Kandala, Anika and Tahia, Nusrat (2026) Predicting at speed during L2 sentence processing. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. ISSN 1366-7289 (Print), 1469-1841 (Online) (In Press) (doi:10.1017/S1366728926101540)

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Abstract

Comprehenders must accommodate variable speech rates during real-world communication, including rapid speech that necessitates rapid processing. This research investigated whether non-native comprehenders predict (i.e., what will come next) even when hearing rapid speech. Native and non-native participants heard predictive and non-predictive sentences (e.g., “ride…” vs. “spot…”) at normal and fast speech rates (e.g., averaging ~3 vs. 9 syllables per second) while viewing visual arrays with predictable and unrelated objects (e.g., bike vs. kite). Across both groups and rates, participants made predictive mouse cursor movements to predictable objects (e.g., before hearing “bike”). In addition, these groups and rates differed quantitatively. These results suggest that prediction has a qualitatively similar function in native and non-native sentence processing, which supports speeded comprehension.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Acknowledgements. This work was supported by funding from the Institute for Lifecourse Development, University of Greenwich. Shazia Ameen is thanked for contributing to this work.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	bilingualism, L2, mouse cursor tracking, prediction, speech rate
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Thinking and Learning Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2026 08:09
URI:	https://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/53828

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