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The Relation of Working Memory Capacity with Processing of Filler-Gap Sentences

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26770197
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionTohoku Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

Nakanishi Hiroshi  東北学院大学, 文学部, 准教授 (10582918)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywordsワーキングメモリ / リーディングスパンテスト / 統語処理 / 語彙アクセス / フィラーギャップ文 / フィラ―ギャップ文
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study aimed to investigate (1) whether the degree of cognitive burden on lexical access, which was manipulated by word familiarity of sentence-final words in reading span tests, influences the efficiency of language comprehension (i.e., syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic) and whether the degree of influence between lexical access and language comprehension efficiency is different from the types of sentences and participants’ proficiency, and (2) how the length of the distance between filler and gap induce L2 working memory (WM) cost. The main results show that (1) the ease of lexical access could facilitate all types of language comprehension and the high proficiency group performed better than the low proficiency group irrespective of language processing types, and (2) the Japanese EFL learners with low WM capacity show the difficulty in processing the sentences with long-distance dependencies.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2015 2014

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Open Access: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (2 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Prior Contextual Influence on Syntactic Processing: From the Perspective of Japanese EFL Learners’ Working Memory Capacity2015

    • Author(s)
      Nakanishi Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      The Tohoku English Language Education Society

      Volume: 35 Pages: 51-62

    • NAID

      40020508443

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] ワーキングメモリ容量と英文理解2014

    • Author(s)
      中西 弘
    • Journal Title

      ことばの科学研究

      Volume: 15 Pages: 6-8

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 記憶容量を効率よく使うための読解指導2014

    • Author(s)
      中西 弘
    • Journal Title

      英語教育

      Volume: 63(4) Pages: 16-17

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Processing cognitive load and working memory―Reading span performance of Japanese EFL learners2014

    • Author(s)
      Nakanishi Hiroshi (門田修平・野呂忠司・川崎眞理子・氏木道人・長谷尚弥・中西弘・中野陽子とのシンポジウム)
    • Organizer
      AILA2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Center
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-12
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ワーキングメモリ容量とリーディングの流暢さの関係について2014

    • Author(s)
      中西弘(川崎眞理子 ・氏木道人・中西弘・門田修平・松本広幸とのシンポジウム)
    • Organizer
      第28回JACET北海道支部大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道教育大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 英語学・言語学用語辞典2015

    • Author(s)
      中野弘三、服部義弘、小野隆啓、西原哲雄(編)中西弘他(分担執筆)
    • Total Pages
      536
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 外国語運用能力は、いかに熟達化するか―言語情報処理の自動化プロセスを探る2014

    • Author(s)
      横川博一,定藤 規弘, 吉田 晴世(編)
    • Total Pages
      303
    • Publisher
      松柏社
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2017-05-10  

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