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Autor/inn/en | Felser, Claudia; Cunnings, Ian |
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Titel | Processing Reflexives in a Second Language: The Timing of Structural and Discourse-Level Constraints |
Quelle | In: Applied Psycholinguistics, 33 (2012) 3, S.571-603 (33 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0142-7164 |
DOI | 10.1017/S0142716411000488 |
Schlagwörter | Language Processing; Second Language Learning; Native Speakers; English (Second Language); Eye Movements; German; Control Groups; Discourse Analysis; Syntax; Form Classes (Languages); Psycholinguistics |
Abstract | We report the results from two eye-movement monitoring experiments examining the processing of reflexive pronouns by proficient German-speaking learners of second language (L2) English. Our results show that the nonnative speakers initially tried to link English argument reflexives to a discourse-prominent but structurally inaccessible antecedent, thereby violating binding condition A. Our native speaker controls, in contrast, showed evidence of applying condition A immediately during processing. Together, our findings show that L2 learners' initial focusing on a structurally inaccessible antecedent cannot be due to first language influence and is also independent of whether the inaccessible antecedent c-commands the reflexive. This suggests that unlike native speakers, nonnative speakers of English initially attempt to interpret reflexives through discourse-based coreference assignment rather than syntactic binding. (Contains 10 tables, 2 figures and 6 notes.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |