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In:Prediction in Second Language Processing and Learning
Edited by Edith Kaan and Theres Grüter
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 12] 2021
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Chapter 2
Automaticity and prediction in non-native language comprehension

 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
 | University of Edinburgh
Published online: 22 September 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.12.02ito
Abstract
Some evidence suggests that prediction is more limited in non-native language (L2) than native language (L1) comprehension. We evaluate the hypothesis that prediction is limited in L2 because prediction is largely non-automatic. We examine whether the subprocesses involved in prediction are unconscious, unintentional, efficient and uncontrollable (Bargh, 1994) to understand the extent to which prediction is automatic in L1 and L2. To unpack the subprocesses in prediction, we draw on Pickering and Garrod’s (2013) proposal that people primarily use their production system for prediction, as well as a more automatic association-based mechanism. We conclude that at least some of the subprocesses in prediction are not fully automatic and suggest that these non-automatic processes can interfere with prediction in L2.
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Graded view of automaticity
  • A production-based model of prediction
  • Automaticity of prediction in L1
  • Automaticity of prediction in L2
  • Conclusion
  • References
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