The Processing of Adjective Agreement Morphology in Native, Heritage, and L2 Arabic

Autor/inn/en	Foote, Rebecca K.; Saadah, Eman
Titel	The Processing of Adjective Agreement Morphology in Native, Heritage, and L2 Arabic
Quelle	In: Arab Journal of Applied Linguistics, 6 (2021) 1, S.1-31 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2490-4198
Schlagwörter	Language Processing; Morphology (Languages); Morphemes; Word Recognition; Native Speakers; Second Language Learning; Form Classes (Languages); Priming; Semitic Languages; Comparative Analysis; Language Variation; Computer Software; Reaction Time; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Native Language; Age Differences; English (Second Language); Translation; Task Analysis; Heritage Education; Second Language Instruction; Egypt; Middle East + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Morphology; Morphologie; Morphem; Worterkennung; Muttersprachler; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Analytischer Sprachbau; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Sprachenvielfalt; Reaktionsvermögen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Aufgabenanalyse; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ägypten; Vorderasien
Abstract	According to previous research, speakers of European languages parse regularly-inflected, morphologically-complex words into stems and grammatical affixes during word recognition. In contrast, some studies suggest that late second language (L2) learners do not. We ask how these types of words are processed in Arabic, a language whose primary morphological process is infixation, which exists alongside prefix- and suffixation. Specifically, we ask how natives, heritage, and late L2 learners process regular gender and number agreement morphology on adjectives. Results of a masked priming experiment suggest that all three groups parse adjectives into stems and affixes depending on agreement type, suggesting that learners store and process morphologically-complex words like native speakers, even when the first and second language have very different morphological systems. (As Provided).
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