Maria Mos
Biographic Data
| ID | 1218434 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Mos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Mos |
| SIGNATURE | MOS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5161-2208 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Individual variation in contact effects – stability, convergence, and divergence
In this study, we investigate the contact effects of stability, convergence, and divergence regarding the use of the same linguistic construction in the same contact situation. To do that, we collected experimental production and judgment data by native German speakers living in the Netherlands regarding their usage of the complementizer um ‘to’ in German and compared those data to those of a control group of German speakers not in contact with D…
Investigating language transfer from a usage-based perspective
Aims and objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate language contact from a usage-based perspective. In particular, we test the explanatory power of a schematicity continuum, one of the central assumptions within usage-based approaches, in regard to these contact effects. In doing so, we aim to better understand how schematicity influences language transfer as well as learn more about the cognitive mechanism of schematicity itself. Desig…
Developing a morphological awareness intervention through inquiry‐based learning
Secondary school students are increasingly exposed to texts containing morphologically complex words. Morphological knowledge may help with understanding those words. Appropriate educational materials to teach morphological awareness (MA) are scarce. A design‐based approach was used to develop an MA‐intervention for Dutch secondary school students. We (1) analysed the aforementioned problem through semi‐structured discussions with teachers and a …
What People Look at in Multimodal Online Dating Profiles
This study investigates how online dating profiles, consisting of both pictures and texts, are visually processed, and how both components affect impression formation. The attractiveness of the profile picture was varied systematically, and texts either included language errors or not. By collecting eye tracking and perception data, we investigated whether picture attractiveness determines attention to the profile text and if the text plays a sec…
Comparing forward and reverse transfer from Dutch to German
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: This study compares transfer from Dutch to German by native Dutch speakers who learned German as a second language (forward transfer: L1 to L2) and by native German speakers who are living in the Netherlands (reverse transfer: L2 to L1). The aim of this comparison is to see whether both groups experience the same kind of transfer (i.e., transferring the Dutch preference for prepositional phrases in …
Similarity in Language Transfer – Investigating Transfer of Light Verb Constructions From Dutch to German
Bilingual speakers of typologically closely related languages tend to frequently experience language transfer, which suggests that similarity between languages is likely to play an important role in the transfer process. In this paper, we explore how three different types of similarity affect transfer of light verb constructions ( lvc s), such as take a walk or set an alarm , from Dutch to German by native German speakers living in the Netherland…
Individual corpus data predict variation in judgments
This study puts the usage-based assumption that our linguistic knowledge is based on usage to the test. To do so, we explore individual variation in speakers’ language use as established based on corpus data – both in terms of frequency of use (as a proxy for entrenchment) and productivity of use (as a proxy for schematization) – and link this variation to the same participants’ responses in an experimental judgment task. The empirical focus is o…
Picture this! The effects of positivity bias, situation saliency, and verbal politeness in valence framing research
This study tests the link between frame processing and production by having the same participants (N 1⁄4 50) perform a priming and a production task. During the priming task, they responded to positive (‘winning’) and negative (‘losing’) picture descriptions. The results show a positivity bias: participants were generally faster to react to positive descriptions than to negative ones. The results of the production task, in which participants prov…
Relative Contribution of Auditory and Visual Information to Mandarin Chinese Tone Identification by Native and Tone-naïve Listeners
Speech perception is a multisensory process: what we hear can be affected by what we see. For instance, the McGurk effect occurs when auditory speech is presented in synchrony with discrepant visual information. A large number of studies have targeted the McGurk effect at the segmental level of speech (mainly consonant perception), which tends to be visually salient (lip-reading based), while the present study aims to extend the existing body of …
Variation is information
In a usage-based framework, variation is part and parcel of our linguistic experiences, and therefore also of our mental representations of language. In this article, we bring attention to variation as a source of information. Instead of discarding variation as mere noise, we examine what it can reveal about the representation and use of linguistic knowledge. By means of metalinguistic judgment data, we demonstrate how to quantify and interpret f…
Impression formation on online dating sites
This article presents two experimental studies investigating the impact of language errors in online dating profiles on impression formation. A first study examined whether language errors have a negative effect on perceptions of attraction and dating intention and whether this effect is moderated by the presence of visual information, that is, the profile picture. This 2 (Language Errors/No Language Errors) × 2 (Visible/Blurred Picture) experime…
Stability of familiarity judgments
Judgments are often used in linguistic research. Not much is known, however, about the variation of such judgments within and between participants. From a usage-based perspective, variation might be expected: with judgments based in representations, and representations resulting from input and use, both inter- and intra-individual variation are likely. This study investigates the reliability of metalinguistic judgments, more specifically familiar…
A hotel that is not bad isn’t good. The effects of valence framing and expectation in online reviews on text, reviewer and product appreciation
A hotel that is not bad isn’t good. The effects of valence framing and expectation in online reviews on text, reviewer and product appreciation
Impression formation on online dating sites
This article presents two experimental studies investigating the impact of language errors in online dating profiles on impression formation. A first study examined whether language errors have a negative effect on perceptions of attraction and dating intention and whether this effect is moderated by the presence of visual information, that is, the profile picture. This 2 (Language Errors/No Language Errors) × 2 (Visible/Blurred Picture) experime…
Similarity in Language Transfer – Investigating Transfer of Light Verb Constructions From Dutch to German
Bilingual speakers of typologically closely related languages tend to frequently experience language transfer, which suggests that similarity between languages is likely to play an important role in the transfer process. In this paper, we explore how three different types of similarity affect transfer of light verb constructions ( lvc s), such as take a walk or set an alarm , from Dutch to German by native German speakers living in the Netherland…
Individual corpus data predict variation in judgments
This study puts the usage-based assumption that our linguistic knowledge is based on usage to the test. To do so, we explore individual variation in speakers’ language use as established based on corpus data – both in terms of frequency of use (as a proxy for entrenchment) and productivity of use (as a proxy for schematization) – and link this variation to the same participants’ responses in an experimental judgment task. The empirical focus is o…
Stability of familiarity judgments
Judgments are often used in linguistic research. Not much is known, however, about the variation of such judgments within and between participants. From a usage-based perspective, variation might be expected: with judgments based in representations, and representations resulting from input and use, both inter- and intra-individual variation are likely. This study investigates the reliability of metalinguistic judgments, more specifically familiar…
A hotel that is not bad isn’t good. The effects of valence framing and expectation in online reviews on text, reviewer and product appreciation
Stability of familiarity judgments
Judgments are often used in linguistic research. Not much is known, however, about the variation of such judgments within and between participants. From a usage-based perspective, variation might be expected: with judgments based in representations, and representations resulting from input and use, both inter- and intra-individual variation are likely. This study investigates the reliability of metalinguistic judgments, more specifically familiar…
Relative Contribution of Auditory and Visual Information to Mandarin Chinese Tone Identification by Native and Tone-naïve Listeners
Speech perception is a multisensory process: what we hear can be affected by what we see. For instance, the McGurk effect occurs when auditory speech is presented in synchrony with discrepant visual information. A large number of studies have targeted the McGurk effect at the segmental level of speech (mainly consonant perception), which tends to be visually salient (lip-reading based), while the present study aims to extend the existing body of …
Variation is information
In a usage-based framework, variation is part and parcel of our linguistic experiences, and therefore also of our mental representations of language. In this article, we bring attention to variation as a source of information. Instead of discarding variation as mere noise, we examine what it can reveal about the representation and use of linguistic knowledge. By means of metalinguistic judgment data, we demonstrate how to quantify and interpret f…
Impression formation on online dating sites
This article presents two experimental studies investigating the impact of language errors in online dating profiles on impression formation. A first study examined whether language errors have a negative effect on perceptions of attraction and dating intention and whether this effect is moderated by the presence of visual information, that is, the profile picture. This 2 (Language Errors/No Language Errors) × 2 (Visible/Blurred Picture) experime…
Developing a morphological awareness intervention through inquiry‐based learning
Secondary school students are increasingly exposed to texts containing morphologically complex words. Morphological knowledge may help with understanding those words. Appropriate educational materials to teach morphological awareness (MA) are scarce. A design‐based approach was used to develop an MA‐intervention for Dutch secondary school students. We (1) analysed the aforementioned problem through semi‐structured discussions with teachers and a …
What People Look at in Multimodal Online Dating Profiles
This study investigates how online dating profiles, consisting of both pictures and texts, are visually processed, and how both components affect impression formation. The attractiveness of the profile picture was varied systematically, and texts either included language errors or not. By collecting eye tracking and perception data, we investigated whether picture attractiveness determines attention to the profile text and if the text plays a sec…
Comparing forward and reverse transfer from Dutch to German
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: This study compares transfer from Dutch to German by native Dutch speakers who learned German as a second language (forward transfer: L1 to L2) and by native German speakers who are living in the Netherlands (reverse transfer: L2 to L1). The aim of this comparison is to see whether both groups experience the same kind of transfer (i.e., transferring the Dutch preference for prepositional phrases in …
Similarity in Language Transfer – Investigating Transfer of Light Verb Constructions From Dutch to German
Bilingual speakers of typologically closely related languages tend to frequently experience language transfer, which suggests that similarity between languages is likely to play an important role in the transfer process. In this paper, we explore how three different types of similarity affect transfer of light verb constructions ( lvc s), such as take a walk or set an alarm , from Dutch to German by native German speakers living in the Netherland…
Individual corpus data predict variation in judgments
This study puts the usage-based assumption that our linguistic knowledge is based on usage to the test. To do so, we explore individual variation in speakers’ language use as established based on corpus data – both in terms of frequency of use (as a proxy for entrenchment) and productivity of use (as a proxy for schematization) – and link this variation to the same participants’ responses in an experimental judgment task. The empirical focus is o…
Picture this! The effects of positivity bias, situation saliency, and verbal politeness in valence framing research
This study tests the link between frame processing and production by having the same participants (N 1⁄4 50) perform a priming and a production task. During the priming task, they responded to positive (‘winning’) and negative (‘losing’) picture descriptions. The results show a positivity bias: participants were generally faster to react to positive descriptions than to negative ones. The results of the production task, in which participants prov…
Individual variation in contact effects – stability, convergence, and divergence
In this study, we investigate the contact effects of stability, convergence, and divergence regarding the use of the same linguistic construction in the same contact situation. To do that, we collected experimental production and judgment data by native German speakers living in the Netherlands regarding their usage of the complementizer um ‘to’ in German and compared those data to those of a control group of German speakers not in contact with D…
Investigating language transfer from a usage-based perspective
Aims and objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate language contact from a usage-based perspective. In particular, we test the explanatory power of a schematicity continuum, one of the central assumptions within usage-based approaches, in regard to these contact effects. In doing so, we aim to better understand how schematicity influences language transfer as well as learn more about the cognitive mechanism of schematicity itself. Desig…
Psychology (13 works) · Linguistics (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Cognitive psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 works) · German (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)