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A Reading-Time Study of the Main Verb versus Reduced Relative Clause Ambiguity Resolution by English Learners in Taiwan
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Yang, Pi-Lan; Shih, Su-Chin – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2013
Using a self-paced reading task, the study aimed to investigate (a) whether English learners in Taiwan immediately resolve main verb versus reduced relative clause ambiguities in a similar way as native English speakers and (b) whether the learners at various English proficiency levels show diverse profiles. With analyses and syntheses of reading…
Descriptors: Verbs, Phrase Structure, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
How Similar Are Adult Second Language Learners and Spanish Heritage Speakers? Spanish Clitics and Word Order
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Montrul, Silvina – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2010
Recent studies of heritage speakers, many of whom possess incomplete knowledge of their family language, suggest that these speakers may be linguistically superior to second language (L2) learners only in phonology but not in morphosyntax. This study reexamines this claim by focusing on knowledge of clitic pronouns and word order in 24 L2 learners…
Descriptors: Suprasegmentals, Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, Word Order
The Effect of Bimodal Input on Implicit and Explicit Memory: An Investigation into the Benefits of Within-Language Subtitling.
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Bird, Stephen A.; Williams, John N. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2002
Two experiments examined the effect of single-modality (sound or text) and bimodal (sound and text) presentation on word meaning, as measured by both improvements in spoken word recognition efficiency and recognition memory. Both native and nonnative speakers of English were tested. Concludes simultaneous text presentation can aid novel word…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Linguistic Input, Memory, Native Speakers
The Processing of Ambiguous Sentences by First and Second Language Learners of English.
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Felser, Claudia; Gross, Rebecca; Roberts, Leah; Marinis, Theodore – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2003
Investigates the way adult second language (L2) learners of English resolve relative clause attachment ambiguities. Advanced learners of English who were Greek or German native speakers participated in a set of off-line and on-line tasks. Results indicate L2 learners do not process ambiguous sentences of this type in the same way adult native…
Descriptors: Adults, Advanced Students, Ambiguity, English (Second Language)
Tone and Intonation in Mandarin Babytalk to Presyllabic Infants: Comparison with Registers of Adult Conversation and Foreign Language Instruction.
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Papousek, Mechthild; Hwang, Shu-Fen C. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1991
Native speakers recorded utterances in three role-play contexts: speech to presyllabic infants, foreign language instruction, and adult conversation. For babytalk, speakers neglected, reduced, or modified lexical tonal information in favor of simplified and clarified intonation contours. The implications regarding tone acquisition in children and…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Females, Infants
English Word Recognition and Word Integration Skills of Native Arabic- and Japanese-Speaking Learners of English as a Second Language.
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Fender, Michael – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2003
Investigated the effects of first language word-level reading skills on the development of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) word-level reading skills. Crosslinguistic analysis indicates that native Arabic and Japanese speakers are likely to encounter different types of ESL word-level reading difficulties. (VWL)
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Japanese, Native Speakers