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psycholinguistics, sentence processing, parsing, online methods, technical resources
Abstract:
In this article, a survey of current psycholinguistic techniques relevant to second language
acquisition (SLA) research is presented. I summarize many of the available methods and discuss
their use with particular reference to two critical questions in current SLA research: (1) What
does a learner’s current knowledge of the second language (L2) look like?; (2) How do learners
process the L2 in real time? The aim is to show how psycholinguistic techniques that capture
real-time (online) processing can elucidate such questions; to suggest methods best suited to
particular research topics, and types of participants; and to offer practical information on the
setting up of a psycholinguistics laboratory.
