"Bread and Butter" or "Butter and Bread"? Nonnatives' Processing of Novel Lexical Patterns in Context

Autor/inn/en	Sonbul, Suhad; El-Dakhs, Dina Abdel Salam; Conklin, Kathy; Carrol, Gareth
Titel	"Bread and Butter" or "Butter and Bread"? Nonnatives' Processing of Novel Lexical Patterns in Context
Quelle	In: Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 45 (2023) 2, S.370-392 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sonbul, Suhad) ORCID (El-Dakhs, Dina Abdel Salam) ORCID (Conklin, Kathy) ORCID (Carrol, Gareth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-2631
DOI	10.1017/S0272263122000237
Schlagwörter	Language Processing; Language Patterns; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Native Language; Arabic; Preferences; Story Reading; Eye Movements; Reading Processes; Word Frequency; Reading Rate; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Phrase Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Arabisch; Augenbewegung; Leseprozess; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Phrasenstruktur
Abstract	Little is known about how nonnative speakers process novel language patterns in the input they encounter. The present study examines whether nonnatives develop a sensitivity to novel binomials and their ordering preference from context. Thirty-nine nonnative speakers of English (L1 Arabic) read three short stories seeded with existing binomials ("black and white") and novel ones ("bags and coats") while their eye movements were monitored. The existing binomials appeared once in their forward (conventional) form and once in their reversed form. The novel binomials appeared in their experimentally defined forward form in different frequency conditions (two vs. four encounters) and once in the reversed form. Results showed no advantage for existing binomials over their reversed forms. For the novel binomials, the nonnative speakers read subsequent encounters significantly faster than initial ones for both frequency conditions. More importantly, the final reversed form also led to faster reading, suggesting that L2 speakers process the reversed form of a novel binomial as another encounter, ignoring the established order. (As Provided).
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