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Felser, Claudia; Drummer, Janna-Deborah – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
Pronouns can sometimes covary with a non c-commanding quantifier phrase (QP). To obtain such 'telescoping' readings, a semantic representation must be computed in which the QP's semantic scope extends beyond its surface scope. Non-native speakers have been claimed to have more difficulty than native speakers deriving such non-isomorphic…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Native Language, Second Languages, Sentences
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Patterson, Clare; Felser, Claudia – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
Previous research has shown that during cataphoric pronoun resolution, the predictive search for an antecedent is restricted by a structure-sensitive constraint known as 'Condition C', such that an antecedent is only considered when the constraint does not apply. Evidence has mainly come from self-paced reading (SPR), a method which may not be…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Task Analysis, Decision Making, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
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Jessen, Anna; Felser, Claudia – Second Language Research, 2019
The present study used event related potentials (ERPs) to investigate how native (L1) German-speaking second-language (L2) learners of English process sentences containing filler-gap dependencies such as "Bill liked the house (women) that Bob built some ornaments for __ at his workplace." Using an experimental design which allowed us to…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Verbs, Native Language, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Lago, Sol; Stutter Garcia, Anna; Felser, Claudia – Second Language Research, 2019
Previous studies have shown that multilingual speakers are influenced by their native (L1) and non-native (L2) grammars when learning a new language. But, so far, these studies have mostly used untimed metalinguistic tasks. Here we examine whether multilinguals' prior grammars also affect their sensitivity to morphosyntactic constraints during…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Grammar, Native Language
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Felser, Claudia; Drummer, Janna-Deborah – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2017
We report the results from two experiments examining native and non-native German speakers' sensitivity to crossover constraints on pronoun resolution. Our critical stimuli sentences contained personal pronouns in either strong (SCO) or weak crossover (WCO) configurations. Using eye-movement monitoring during reading and a gender-mismatch…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Native Language
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Reifegerste, Jana; Felser, Claudia – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of healthy aging on the ability to suppress grammatically illicit antecedents during pronoun resolution. Method: In 2 reading-based acceptability-judgment experiments, younger and older speakers of German read sentences containing an object pronoun and 2 potential antecedent noun…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Form Classes (Languages), Age Differences, Grammar
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Felser, Claudia; Cunnings, Ian – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
We report the results from two eye-movement monitoring experiments examining the processing of reflexive pronouns by proficient German-speaking learners of second language (L2) English. Our results show that the nonnative speakers initially tried to link English argument reflexives to a discourse-prominent but structurally inaccessible antecedent,…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
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Clackson, Kaili; Felser, Claudia; Clahsen, Harald – Journal of Memory and Language, 2011
This study examined how 6-9 year-old English-speaking children and adults establish anaphoric dependencies during auditory sentence comprehension. Using eye-movement monitoring during listening and a corresponding sentence-picture judgment task, we investigated both the ultimate interpretation and the online processing of reflexives in comparison…
Descriptors: Children, Adults, Time Management, English
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Felser, Claudia; Sato, Mikako; Bertenshaw, Nicholas – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2009
We report the results from two experiments investigating proficient Japanese-speaking learners' processing of reflexive object pronouns in English as a second language (L2). Experiment 1 used a timed grammaticality judgement task to assess learners' sensitivity to binding Principle A under processing pressure, and Experiment 2 investigated the…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning