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Multiple Constraints on Processing Ambiguous Sentences: Evidence from Adult L2 Learners.

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Ying, H. G. – Language Learning, 1996

Investigates adult second language learners' processing of English syntactically ambiguous sentences in which a prepositional phrase is interpreted as either a noun phrase or verb phrase attachment. Results reveal lexical, syntactic, prosodic, and contextual constraints on processing ambiguous sentences. (87 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Adult Students, Ambiguity, Context Clues, English (Second Language)

The Researcher Gave the Subject a Test about Himself: Problems of Ambiguity and Preference in the Investigation of Reflexive Binding.

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White, Lydia; And Others – Language Learning, 1997

Studies on second-language acquisition of reflexives have experienced difficulties assessing learners' knowledge of the binding principles because of problems associated with ambiguous sentences where there is more than one antecedent for a reflexive. In this study, English-as-a-Second-Language students were tested using a variety of sentence…

Descriptors: Adult Students, Ambiguity, Context Clues, English (Second Language)