Kathy Conklin
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kathy Conklin plays a role.
2022 The effect of input modes and number of exposures on the learning of L2 binomials ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 173:1, pp. 58–93 | Article
Despite the importance of mastering different types of formulaic sequences in a second language, little is known about the relative effect of different input modes on their acquisition. This study explores the learning of a particular type of formulaic language (binomials) in three input modes… read more
2021 Word order effect in collocation processing The Mental Lexicon 16:2/3, pp. 362–396 | Article
Collocations are words associated because of their frequent co-occurrence, which makes them predictable and leads to facilitated processing. While there have been suggestions that collocations are stored as unanalysed chunks, other researchers disagree. One of the arguments against holistic… read more
2019 Reader expertise and the literary significance of small-scale textual features in prose fiction Scientific Study of Literature 9:1, pp. 3–33 | Article
We use eye tracking to investigate the attention readers pay to different textual features to determine their significance in the appreciation of prose fiction. Previous research examined attention allocation to lexical and punctuation variants, and the impact on reading dynamics for the… read more
2018 “What are you talking about?”: An analysis of lexical bundles in Japanese junior high school textbooks International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 23:3, pp. 311–334 | Article
In a communicative approach to language teaching, students are presented with “authentic” language, which is thought to allow them to produce it in a nativelike way. The current study explores whether the lexical bundles in communicative Japanese junior high school textbooks are representative… read more
2015 Making sense of the Sense Model: Translation priming with Japanese-English bilinguals The Mental Lexicon 10:1, pp. 32–52 | Article
Many studies have reported that first language (L1) translation primes speed responses to second language (L2) targets, whereas L2 translation primes generally do not speed up responses to L1 targets in lexical decision. According to the Sense Model (Finkbeiner, Forster, Nicol & Nakamura, 2004)… read more
2015 Processing punctuation and word changes in different editions of prose fiction Scientific Study of Literature 5:2, pp. 200–228 | Article
The digital era has brought with it a shift in the field of literary editing in terms of the amount and kind of textual variation that can reasonably be annotated by editors. However, questions remain about how far readers engage with textual variants, especially minor ones such as small-scale… read more
The conversationality index: A quantitative assessment of conversation in social media interactions Internet Pragmatics: Online-First Articles | Article
There has been an explosion in social media use, with Statista estimating that worldwide, Facebook has over 3 billion regular active users, YouTube 2.5 billion, and Instagram and WhatsApp 2 billion. While social media allows one to connect and interact with a range of people, increased social… read more