Processing Modifier-Head Agreement in L1 and L2 Finnish: An Eye-Tracking Study

Autor/inn/en	Vainio, Seppo; Pajunen, Anneli; Hyönä, Jukka
Titel	Processing Modifier-Head Agreement in L1 and L2 Finnish: An Eye-Tracking Study
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 32 (2016) 1, S.3-24 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/0267658315592201
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Russian; Chinese; Foreign Students; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Grammar; Eye Movements; Language Processing; College Students; Measurement Equipment; Statistical Analysis; Comparative Analysis; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Russisch; China; Chinesen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Grammatik; Augenbewegung; Sprachverarbeitung; Collegestudent; Messinstrument; Statistische Analyse; Finnland
Abstract	This study investigated the effect of first language (L1) on the reading of modifier-head case agreement in second language (L2) Finnish by native Russian and Chinese speakers. Russian is similar to Finnish in that both languages use case endings to mark grammatical roles, whereas such markings are absent in Chinese. The critical nouns were embedded in sentences, where the head noun was either preceded by an agreeing modifier or the modifier was absent. Readers' eye fixation patterns were used as indices of online processing. Both natives and non-natives showed a facilitatory effect of agreement; reading head nouns was easier when they were preceded by an agreeing modifier. Typological distance in terms of the structural complexity of words between L1 and L2 did not influence the processing. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01