The Application of Syntactic Parsing Strategies during Real-Time L2 Sentence Comprehension: Evidence from Eye-Movement Recordings

Autor/in	Uludag, Onur
Titel	The Application of Syntactic Parsing Strategies during Real-Time L2 Sentence Comprehension: Evidence from Eye-Movement Recordings
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 16 (2020) 3, S.1203-1218 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Uludag, Onur)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Syntax; Comparative Analysis; Language Processing; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Semantics; Pragmatics; Ambiguity (Semantics); Eye Movements; Turkish; Native Language; Phrase Structure; Information Sources; Language of Instruction; College Students; Form Classes (Languages); Language Tests; Language Proficiency + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Semantik; Pragmalinguistik; Augenbewegung; Türkisch; Phrasenstruktur; Information source; Informationsquelle; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Collegestudent; Analytischer Sprachbau; Language test; Sprachtest; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	The study aims to investigate whether second language learners perform sentence processing based on syntactic or structure-based parsing strategies during real-time comprehension of constructions with syntactic ambiguities. To this end, the recordings of eye movements from Turkish learners of English and native English speakers as a control group are examined on temporarily ambiguous constructions including relative clause attachment ambiguities. The results indicate that processing decisions in first and second language are systematically driven by structure-based parsing strategies rather than being made randomly with an overreliance on semantic, pragmatic or other types of nonstructural information sources. These findings suggest that L2 learners are indeed capable of constructing and depending on abstract, hierarchically deep and detailed syntactic representations similar to those of native English speakers during the processing of sentences in real time. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01