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WG 4. Learning and Teaching

Working Group (WG) 4 designs and conducts experimental studies to test hypotheses about the intercomprehension of PhraCons and learning strategies of adult/adolescent language learners to process PhraCons in a foreign language that is (i) closely related to the native language (as is the case among Slavic languages), and (ii) not closely related to the native language (Slavic languages concerning German and Hungarian).

WG4 approaches properties of PhraCons by considering specific research questions:
RQ1: How are PhraCons encoded in different but (closely) related languages?
RQ2: To what extent can learners detect correspondences in the unfamiliar language?
RQ3: How can constructional equivalents be activated and interpreted for successful learning? Methodologically, this WG relies on the established INCOMSLAV infrastructure of integrated corpus analyses and web-based experiments at the level of phrases, sentences, and texts, using written and oral modalities.