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Clahsen, Harald; Felser, Claudia – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
Since the Shallow Structure Hypothesis (SSH) was first put forward in 2006, it has inspired a growing body of research on grammatical processing in nonnative (L2) speakers. More than 10 years later, we think it is time for the SSH to be reconsidered in the light of new empirical findings and current theoretical assumptions about human language…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Language Processing, Native Language
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
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
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
Processing Reflexives in a Second Language: The Timing of Structural and Discourse-Level Constraints
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)
Felser, Claudia; Cunnings, Ian; Batterham, Claire; Clahsen, Harald – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012
Using the eye-movement monitoring technique in two reading comprehension experiments, this study investigated the timing of constraints on wh-dependencies (so-called island constraints) in first- and second-language (L1 and L2) sentence processing. The results show that both L1 and L2 speakers of English are sensitive to extraction islands during…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Semantics, Eye Movements
Roberts, Leah; Felser, Claudia – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
In this study, the influence of plausibility information on the real-time processing of locally ambiguous ("garden path") sentences in a nonnative language is investigated. Using self-paced reading, we examined how advanced Greek-speaking learners of English and native speaker controls read sentences containing temporary subject-object…
Descriptors: Sentences, Phrase Structure, Nouns, Second Language Learning
Clahsen, Harald; Felser, Claudia; Neubauer, Kathleen; Sato, Mikako; Silva, Renita – Language Learning, 2010
This article presents a selective overview of studies that have investigated how advanced adult second language (L2) learners process morphologically complex words. The studies reported here have used different kinds of experimental tasks (including speeded grammaticality judgments, lexical decision, and priming) to examine three domains of…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Language Processing, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
Felser, Claudia; Clahsen, Harald – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2009
This article presents a selective overview of studies that have investigated auditory language processing in children and late second-language (L2) learners using online methods such as event-related potentials (ERPs), eye-movement monitoring, or the cross-modal priming paradigm. Two grammatical phenomena are examined in detail, children's and…
Descriptors: Speech, Grammar, Oral Language, Child Language
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
Felser, Claudia; Roberts, Leah – Second Language Research, 2007
This study investigates the real-time processing of "wh"-dependencies by advanced Greek-speaking learners of English using a cross-modal picture priming task. Participants were asked to respond to different types of picture target presented either at structurally defined gap positions, or at pre-gap control positions, while listening to sentences…
Descriptors: Sentences, Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Monolingualism
Clahsen, Harald; Felser, Claudia – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
The ability to process the linguistic input in real time is crucial for successfully acquiring a language, and yet little is known about how language learners comprehend or produce language in real time. Against this background, we have conducted a detailed study of grammatical processing in language learners using experimental psycholinguistic…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Processing, Linguistic Input, Adults
Marinis, Theodore; Roberts, Leah; Felser, Claudia; Clahsen, Harald – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2005
Four groups of second language (L2) learners of English from different language backgrounds (Chinese, Japanese, German, and Greek) and a group of native speaker controls participated in an online reading time experiment with sentences involving long-distance "wh"-dependencies. Although the native speakers showed evidence of making use of…
Descriptors: Sentences, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)