PhD student: Jin Wang
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Niels Schiller (LUCL) & Dr. Jurriaan Witteman (LUCL)
I'm working on the project “Cross-linguistic interference and transfer in the processing of grammatical gender and classifier” which investigates the factors that influence Chinese-German/German-Chinese second language learners when processing lexical-syntactic features. This study aims to explore (1) the differences between native speakers and second-language learners; (2) the acquisition of lexical-syntactic features in the second language when the language type differs significantly; and (3) the effect of language proficiency level on acquisition. The project uses research paradigms from psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. Behavioural and EEG data will be analysed to explore these questions.
Picture reference: Kutas M, Hillyard SA. Reading senseless sentences: brain potentials reflect semantic incongruity. Science. 1980 Jan 11;207(4427):203-5. doi: 10.1126/science.7350657. PMID: 7350657.