The Computation and Suspension of Presuppositions by L1-Mandarin Chinese L2-English Speakers

Autor/in	Feng, Shuo
Titel	The Computation and Suspension of Presuppositions by L1-Mandarin Chinese L2-English Speakers
Quelle	In: Second Language Research, 38 (2022) 4, S.737-763 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Feng, Shuo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-6583
DOI	10.1177/0267658321993873
Schlagwörter	Mandarin Chinese; Native Language; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Pictorial Stimuli; Task Analysis; Morphemes; Linguistic Theory; Language Proficiency; Semantics; Pragmatics; Grammar; Language Processing; Psycholinguistics; Inferences; Prediction; Reaction Time; Contrastive Linguistics; Metalinguistics; College Students; Verbs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fantasieanregung; Aufgabenanalyse; Morphem; Linguistische Theorie; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Semantik; Pragmalinguistik; Grammatik; Sprachverarbeitung; Psycholinguistik; Inference; Inferenz; Vorhersage; Reaktionsvermögen; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Collegestudent
Abstract	The Interface Hypothesis proposes that second language (L2) learners, even at highly proficient levels, often fail to integrate information at the external interfaces where grammar interacts with other cognitive systems. While much early L2 work has focused on the syntax-discourse interface or scalar implicatures at the semantics-pragmatics interface, the present article adds to this line of research by exploring another understudied phenomenon at the semantics-pragmatics interface, namely, presuppositions. Furthermore, this study explores both inference computation and suspension via a covered-box picture-selection task. Specifically, this study investigates the interpretation of the presupposition trigger "stop" and "stop" under negation. The results from 38 native English speakers and 41 first language (L1) Mandarin Chinese learners of English indicated similar response patterns between native and L2 groups in computing presuppositions but not in suspending presuppositions. That is, L2 learners were less likely to suspend presuppositions than native speakers. This study contributes to a more precise understanding of L2 acquisition at the external interface level, as well as computation and suspension of pragmatic inferences. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01