Second-Language Processing and Eye-Tracking (L2PET) Lab

Papers & Talks

Publications

to appear

  • Jongman, A., & Tremblay, A. (to appear). Word prosody in L2. In C. Gussenhoven & A. Chen (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of language prosody. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • Tremblay, A. (to appear). The past, present, and future of stress in second-language word production and recognition. In R. Wayland (Ed.), [volume in memorial of Dr. Susan Guion Anderson]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • Tremblay, A., Kim, S., Shin, S., & Cho, T. (to appear). Re-examining the effect of phonological similarity between the native- and second-language intonational systems in second-language speech segmentation. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.


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2018


2017


2016


2015


2014


2013


2012

Conference Presentations

2020

  • Kim, H., & Tremblay, A. (2020, July). Testing the cue-weighting transfer hypothesis with Korean listeners’ perception of English lexical stress.Poster presented at the 17th Conference on Laboratory Phonology. Vancouver, Canada.

  • Tremblay, A., Broersma, M., Zeng, Y., Aumeistere, A., Kim, H., Lee, J., & Shin, S. (2020, July). Dutch listeners’ perception of English lexical stress: A cue-weighting approach. Poster presented at the 17th Conference on Laboratory Phonology. Vancouver, Canada.


2019

  • Qin, Z., Tremblay, A., & Zhang, J. (2019, August). Influence of within-category tonal information in the recognition of Mandarin-Chinese words by native and non-native listeners: An eye-tracking study. Paper presented at the International Congress for Phonetic Sciences 2019. Melbourne, Australia.

  • Shin, S., & Tremblay, A. (2019, December). Processing prosodically driven variations in lexical access. Poster presented at the 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. San Diego.

  • Tremblay, A. (2019, May). Enhancing the development of phonetic categories in second-language speech perception and production through high-variability phonetic training. Workshop given at the 8th Meeting on Language Teaching. Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.

  • Tremblay, A. (2019, May). The learning and use of suprasegmental information in second-language speech perception and spoken word recognition: Where are we now? Plenary lecture presented at the 8th Meeting on Language Teaching. Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.

  • Tremblay, A. (2019, April). Predicting spoken word recognition in a second language: A cue-weighting approach. Plenary lecture presented at the 11th Annual Graduate Student Conference of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

  • Tremblay, A., & Broersma, M. (2019, September). Foreign-language knowledge enhances artificial-language segmentation. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech). Graz, Austria.

  • Tremblay, A., Broersma, M., Zeng, Y., Aumesteire, A., Lee, J., Kim, H., & Shin, S. (2019, May). Testing the cue-weighting transfer hypothesis with Dutch listeners’ perception of English lexical stress. Poster presented at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2019. Hanyang University, South Korea.

  • Tremblay, A., Shin, S., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2019, August). Examining phonetic and phonological effects of the native intonational system on second-language speech segmentation. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Second-Language Speech (New Sounds 2019). Waseda University, Japan.


2018

  • Biro, T., Shin, S., Zeng, Y., & Tremblay, A. (2018, November). Listener adaptation to native and non-native voice-onset-time distributions. Poster presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomics Society. New Orleans.

  • Biro, T., Shin, S., Zeng, Y., & Tremblay, A. (2018, November). Weak adaptation to foreign-accented voice-onset-time distributions. Poster presented at the 176th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Victoria, Canada.

  • Connell, K., Tremblay, A., & Zhang, J. (2018, February). The timing and speed of use of tones and segments in L1- and L2-Chinese lexical access. Paper presented at the First Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing – Asia. University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

  • Qin, Z., Tremblay, A., & Zhang, J. (2018, May). Influence of fine-grained tonal variability on native Chinese listeners’ and second-language learners’ word recognition: An eye-tracking study. Paper to be presented at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2018. Hanyang University, South Korea.

  • Shin, S., & Tremblay, A. (2018, May). Prosodic structure constrains the processing of denasalized nasals in Korean lexical access. Poster to be presented at the at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2018. Hanyang University, South Korea.

  • Tremblay, A. (2018, May). The functional weight of suprasegmental cues in the native language predicts spoken word recognition in a second language. Plenary lecture given at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2018. Hanyang University, South Korea.

  • Tremblay, A., Cho, T., Kim, S., & Shin, S. (2018, June). Gradient effects of incremental tonal changes in Korean speech segmentation. Poster presented at the 16th Laboratory Phonology Conference. Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.

  • Tremblay, A., Cho, T., Kim, S., & Shin, S. (2018, June). Gradient effects of tonal scaling in the segmentation of Korean speech: An artificial-language segmentation study. Poster presented at the 9th Speech Prosody Conference. Poznań, Poland.

  • Tremblay, A., Shin, S., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2018, November). Use of tonal information in French and English listeners’ segmentation of Korean speech. Poster presented at the 176th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Victoria, Canada.

  • Tremblay, A., Shin, S., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2018, June). Use of tonal information in Korean lexical access. Poster presented at the 9th Speech Prosody Conference. Poznań, Poland.


2017

  • Qin, Z., Zhang, J., & Tremblay, A. (2017, June). How within-category gradience in lexical tones influences native Chinese listeners and second-language learners’ word recognition: An eye-tracking study. Poster presented at the 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Boston.

  • Shin, S., & Tremblay, A. (2017, September). The effect of prosodic structure on lexical access: An investigation of Korean denasalization. Poster presented at the KU Linguistics 50th Anniversary. University of Kansas.

  • Tremblay, A. (2017, April). Learning to use intonational cues in the segmentation of French speech. Plenary lecture given at the Conference of the Société des études supérieures du Département d'Études françaises. University of Toronto.


2016

  • Connell, K., Hüls, S., Martínez-García, M. T., Qin, Z.., Shin, S., Yan, H., & Tremblay, A. (2016, December). Effect of native language on the use of segmental and suprasegmental cues to stress in English word recognition: An eye-tracking study. Poster presented at the 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan. Honolulu.

  • Connell, K., Hüls, S., Martínez- García, M. T., Qin, Q., Shin, S., Yan, B., & Tremblay, A. (2016, June). Time course of Chinese and Korean listeners’ use of stress in English word recognition. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Second-Language Speech (New Sounds 2016). Aarhus, Denmark.

  • Klassen, J., Wagner, M., Tremblay, A., & Goad, H. (2016, July). Prominence shifts in English and Spanish parallel constructions. 20th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue. Rutgers University.

  • Martínez-García, M. T., & Tremblay, A. (2016, December). Effects of language bias and proficiency on cross-language activation: Evidence from eye tracking. Poster presented at the 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan. Honolulu.

  • Martínez- García, M. T., & Tremblay, A. (2016, June). Tracking bilingual activation in the processing of Spanish stress. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Second-Language Speech (New Sounds 2016). Aarhus, Denmark.

  • Martínez- García, M. T., & Tremblay, A. (2016, January). Tracking bilingual activation in the use of Spanish stress in auditory word recognition. Paper presented at the symposium “Language contact in the mind and in the community: Insights from bilingual phonetics and phonology.” Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Washington, DC.

  • Tremblay, A. (2016, September). Learning to use intonational cues in second-language speech segmentation. Plenary lecture presented at the 7th Conference on Tone and Intonation in Europe. University of Kent.

  • Tremblay, A. (2016, April). Second-language learners’ weak use of syntactic cues to word boundaries: A paradox? Lecture presented at the Sound to Word in Bilingual and Second Language Speech Perception Conference. University of Iowa.

  • Tremblay, A., Broersma, M., Coughlin, C. E., & Wagner, M. (2016, December). Functional load of fundamental frequency in the native language predicts the learning and use of this cue in second-language speech segmentation. Poster presented at the 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan. Honolulu.


2015

  • Choi, J., Coughlin, C. E., Tremblay, A., & Broersma, M. (2015, September). Korean vs. English listeners’ use of prosodic cues to word boundaries in French: The Prosodic-Learning Interference Hypothesis. Poster presented at the 2015 Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing conference. University of Malta, Malta.

  • Coughlin, C. E., Tremblay, A., Choi, J., & Broersma, M. (2015, August). First and second language similarity can hurt the learning of second-language speech segmentation: The case of prosody. Paper presented at the 18th International Congress on Phonetic Sciences, University of Glasgow.

  • Covey, L., Coughlin, C., Martínez-García, M. T., Johnson, A., Yang, X., Siew, C., Major, T., Fiorentino, R. (2015, October). An ERP investigation of the role of prediction and individual differences in semantic priming. Poster presented at the 2015 Society of Neurobiology of Language meeting, Chicago.

  • Li, M., & Tremblay, A. (2015, September). L1 phonotactics also influence the identification of L2 vowels. Paper presented at the 20th Meeting of the Mid-Continental Phonetics & Phonology Conference, Indiana University.

  • Klassen, J., & Tremblay, A. (2015, June). Anticipatory focus in second language acquisition: Eye-tracking and production data. Paper presented at the Discourse Expectations: Theoretical, Experimental, and Computational Perspectives conference, University of Alberta, Canada.

  • Klassen, J., & Tremblay, A. (2015, March). L2 processing of prosodic focus: Complexity is more important than architecture. Poster presented at the 28th CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, University of Southern California.

  • Martínez-García, M. T., & Tremblay, A. (2015, August). Syllable structure affects second-language spoken word recognition and production. Paper presented at the 18th International Congress on Phonetic Sciences, University of Glasgow.

  • Martínez- García, M. T., Van Anne, K., Brown, R., & Tremblay, A. (2015, July). Stress constrains lexical access in native and non-native Spanish. Paper presented at the XII International Symposium of Psycholinguistics, Valencia, Spain.

  • Namjoshi, J., Tremblay, A., Spinelli, E., Broersma, M., Martínez-García, M. T., Connell, K., Cho, T., & Kim, S. (2015, August). Speech segmentation is adaptive even in adulthood: Role of the linguistic environment. Paper presented at the 18th International Congress on Phonetic Sciences, University of Glasgow.

  • Qin, Z. & Jongman, A. (2015, January). Does second language experience with Mandarin Chinese modulate English-speaking L2 learner' perception of tones in a third language? Paper presented at the 27th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-27). Los Angeles.

  • Shin, S., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2015, August). What is special about psosoci strengthening in Korean: Evidence in lingual movement in V#V and V#CV. Paper presented at the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), University of Glasgow.


2014

  • Martínez-García, M. T., Fiorentino, R., Gabriele, A., & Tremblay, A. (2014, September). Processing verbal inflection in native and non-native Spanish. Paper presented at the Primera conferencia internacional en lingüística, literatura, y estudios culturales en lenguas modernas [First International Conference in Linguistics, Literature, and, Cultural Studies in Modern Languages]. Universidad Católica San Antonio, Spain.

  • Martínez-García, M. T., Fiorentino, R., Gabriele, A., & Tremblay, A. (2014, October). Processing verbal inflection in native and non-native Spanish. Paper presented at the 2014 Second Language Research Forum, University of South Carolina.

  • Namjoshi, J., & Tremblay, A. (2014, March). The processing of prosodic focus in French. Paper presented at the 27th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, Ohio State University.

  • Qin, Z. & Jongman, A. (2014, October). Does second language experience modulate perception of tones in a third language? Poster presented at the 168th Meeting of Acoustic Society of America (ASA). Indianapolis.

  • Qin, Z., & Tremblay, A. (2014, May). Effects of native dialect on Mandarin listeners’ use of prosodic cues to English stress. Poster presented at the 7th Speech Prosody Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

  • Van Anne, K., Martínez-García, M. T., Brown, R., & Tremblay, A. (2014, October). English and Spanish listerns’ use of ‘positive’ stress in Spanish word recognition. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), University of South Carolina.


2013

  • Coughlin, C. E., & Tremblay, A. (2013, May). Delayed use of F0 rise in English listeners’ segmentation of French speech: An eye-tracking study. Paper presented at the International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds), Concordia University, Montreal.

  • Gaillard, S., & Tremblay, A. (2013, September). Elicited imitation task as a method for proficiency assessment in institutional and research settings. Poster presented at the IRIS Conference, “Eliciting Data in Second Language Research: Challenge and Innovation, University of York, UK.

  • Martínez- García, M.-T., & Tremblay, A. (2013, May). Perception of epenthetic vowels in English /s/-initial clusters by Spanish learners of L2 English. Paper presented at the International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds), Montreal.

  • Martínez-García, M. T., & Tremblay, A. (2013, December). Perception of epenthetic vowels in English /s/-initial clusters by Spanish-speaking second language learners of English. Poster presented at the 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Francisco (California).

  • Qin, Z. (2013, May). Processing of English stress by Mandarin-speaking learners. Paper presented at the International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds). Concordia University, Montreal.

  • Qin, Z. & Tremblay, A. (2013, October). Effect of native Mandarin dialects on English learners’ use of prosodic cues to stress. Poster presented at the 166th Meeting of Acoustic Society of America (ASA). San Francisco, CA.


2012

  • Broersma, M., Namjoshi, J., Tremblay, A., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2012, September). Recency of immersion in L2 environment more important than L2 proficiency in speech segmentation. Poster presented at the 2012 Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing, University of Trento, Italy.

  • Coughlin, C. E. (2012, October). Decomposing verbal inflections in native and non-native French. Paper presented at the 5th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition-North America, University of Kansas.

  • Coughlin, C. E. (2012, November). The decomposition of verbal inflections in native and non-native French. Poster presented at the 37th Boston University Conference on Language Development.

  • Coughlin, C. E., & Tremblay, A. (2012, October). Delayed use of fundamental frequency rise in non-native speech segmentation. Poster presented at the 164th Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City.

  • Coughlin, C. E., & Tremblay, A. (2012, November). Delayed use of prosodic cues in non-native speech segmentation. Paper presented at the 37th Boston University Conference on Language Development, .

  • Coughlin, C. E. & Tremblay, A. (2012, October). Mapping prosodic cues to word edges in L2 speech segmentation: An eye-tracking study. Poster presented at the 5th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition-North America, University of Kansas.

  • Coughlin, C. E., & Tremblay, A. (2012, December). Non-native listeners’ delayed use of prosodic cues speech segmentation. Paper presented at the 14th Australasian Conference on Speech Science and Technology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

  • Namjoshi, J., Gaillard, S., & Tremblay, A. (2012, October). L2 learners’ use of prosodic and verb-bias cues to structural information in French. Paper presented at the 5th Conference on Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition in North America, University of Kansas.

  • Namjoshi, J., Gaillard, S., & Tremblay, A. (2012, November). Use of lexical and prosodic information in L2 sentence interpretation. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development. Boston University.

  • Namjoshi, J., Tremblay, A., Broersma, M., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2012, October). Effects of continuing linguistic input on the use of segmentation cues. Paper presented at the 2012 Second Language Research Forum. Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh.

  • Namjoshi, J., Tremblay, A., Broersma, M., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2012, October). Influence of recent linguistic exposure on the segmentation of an unfamiliar language. Poster presented at the 164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City.

  • Namjoshi, J., Tremblay, A., Broersma, M., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2012, December). Use of prosodic cues in speech segmentation: The effect of recent linguistic exposure. Paper presented at the 14th Australasian Conference on Speech Science and Technology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

  • Nicholas, J., & Tremblay, A. (2012, October). Abstraction-based phonological learning in L2 French. Paper presented at the 2012 Second Language Research Forum, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh.

  • Reichle, R., Tremblay, A., & Coughlin, C. E. (2012, October). Working memory and nativelikeness in the processing of focus structure. Paper presented at the 2012 Bilingualism Forum, University of Illinois at Chicago.

  • Reichle, R., Tremblay, A., & Coughlin, C. E. (2012, October). Working memory and nativelikeness in the processing of focus structure. Paper presented at the 2012 Second Language Research Forum, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh.

  • Tremblay, A., Coughlin, C. E., Namjoshi, J., & Spinelli, E. (2012, March). Overgeneralization of distributional cues across syntactic contexts in non-native speech segmentation. Paper presented at the 25th Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, City University of New York.

  • Trude, A., Tremblay, A., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2012, May). Limitations on on-line adaptation to a foreign accent. Paper presented at the Midwest Cognitive Science Conference, Indiana University.