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Hopp, Holger; Bail, Joseph; Jackson, Carrie N. – Second Language Research, 2020
The present study investigates whether second language (L2) speakers are sensitive to the information-structural constraints and frequency distributions at the syntax-discourse interface in the L2. L1-German--L2-English and L1-English--L2-German speakers completed a speeded naturalness judgment task. For sentences presented in broad or…
Descriptors: German, Native Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Stanford, Emily; Delage, Hélène – First Language, 2020
Working memory (WM) limitations are frequently reported for children with specific learning disorder (SLD). However, WM capacity influences more than literacy and numeracy, as research highlights the contribution of WM to language development, in particular syntax. In this article, the authors study the effect of syntactic intervention, i.e.…
Descriptors: Syntax, Short Term Memory, Intervention, Phrase Structure
Smith, Elizabeth Allyn – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation proposes a novel analysis of the syntax and semantics of Comparative Correlative sentences in English such as "the bigger they are, the harder they fall or the faster we drive, the sooner we'll get there." The analysis is cast in a framework that distinguishes between argument structure and word order, called…
Descriptors: English, Sentences, Semantics, Syntax
Kertz, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2010
I present an analysis of antecedent mismatch effects under ellipsis based on information structure, in which apparent syntactic parallelism effects are explained as a consequence of an information structural constraint requiring topic/comment parallelism for contrastive topics. Experimental findings in support of this hypothesis demonstrate first…
Descriptors: Models, Reading, Syntax, Information Technology