Processing of Regular and Irregular Past Tense Morphology in Highly Proficient Second Language Learners of English: A Self-Paced Reading Study

Autor/inn/en	Pliatsikas, Christos; Marinis, Theodoros
Titel	Processing of Regular and Irregular Past Tense Morphology in Highly Proficient Second Language Learners of English: A Self-Paced Reading Study
Quelle	In: Applied Psycholinguistics, 34 (2013) 5, S.943-970 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7164
DOI	10.1017/S0142716412000082
Schlagwörter	Language Processing; English; Morphemes; Morphology (Languages); Verbs; Second Language Learning; Language Research; Native Language; English (Second Language); Greek; Second Language Instruction; Language Proficiency; Task Analysis; Sentences; Memory; Grammar + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; English language; Englisch; Morphem; Morphology; Morphologie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachforschung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Grieche; Griechisch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Aufgabenanalyse; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Gedächtnis; Grammatik
Abstract	Dual-system models suggest that English past tense morphology involves two processing routes: rule application for regular verbs and memory retrieval for irregular verbs. In second language (L2) processing research, Ullman suggested that both verb types are retrieved from memory, but more recently Clahsen and Felser and Ullman argued that past tense rule application can be automatized with experience by L2 learners. To address this controversy, we tested highly proficient Greek-English learners with naturalistic or classroom L2 exposure compared to native English speakers in a self-paced reading task involving past tense forms embedded in plausible sentences. Our results suggest that, irrespective to the type of exposure, proficient L2 learners of extended L2 exposure apply rule-based processing. (As Provided).
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