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Hyunwoo Kim; Sun Hee Park – Second Language Research, 2024
It remains an open question whether second language (L2) learners can process linguistic properties at the syntax-discourse interface. This study examines this issue in the context of the L2 processing of Korean dative sentences under different information structure requirements. Given that discourse constraints associated with information…
Descriptors: Korean, Second Language Learning, Syntax, Sentence Structure
Pegado, Felipe; Grainger, Jonathan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
The present study examined transposed-word effects in a same-different matching task with sequences of 5 words. The word sequences were presented one after the other, each for 400 ms, the first in lowercase and the second in uppercase. The first sequence, the reference, was either a grammatically correct sentence or a scrambled ungrammatical…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Word Order, Word Recognition, Grammar
Order of Mention in Causal Sequences: Talking about Cause and Effect in Narratives and Warning Signs
Kaiser, Elsi – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
Causal sequences can be segmented into cause and effect. However, some argue causal relations in discourse are by default in "effect-cause" order. Others claim "cause-effect" order is easier to process and the default way of expressing causality, due to iconicity. We conducted experiments testing participants' production…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Discourse Analysis, Language Processing, Decision Making
Lee, James F. – Hispania, 2017
The present study examines how second language learners (L2) assign the thematic roles of agent/patient in Spanish passive sentences with "ser" (often referred to as the true passive) when it is their initial exposure to this structure. The target sentences were preceded by a contextual sentence. After hearing the two sentences,…
Descriptors: Word Order, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Language Processing
López-Beltrán, Priscila; Johns, Michael A.; Dussias, Paola E.; Lozano, Cristóbal; Palma, Alfonso – Second Language Research, 2022
Traditionally, it has been claimed that the non-canonical word order of passives makes them inherently more difficult to comprehend than their canonical active counterparts both in the first (L1) and second language (L2). However, growing evidence suggests that non-canonical word orders are not inherently more difficult to process than canonical…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Word Order, Form Classes (Languages), Native Language
Wheeldon, Linda R.; Smith, Mark C.; Apperly, Ian A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
An online picture description methodology was used to investigate the interaction between lexical and syntactic information in spoken sentence production. In response to arrays of moving pictures, participants generated prepositional sentences, such as "The apple moves towards the dog," as well as coordinate noun phrase sentences, such…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Priming, Sentences, Sentence Structure
VanPatten, Bill; Inclezan, Daniela; Salazar, Hilda; Farley, Andrew P. – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
In the current study, we present the findings of an experiment with 108 participants of Spanish as a second language in which we compared the effects of dictogloss (DG) and processing instruction (PI) and compared both sets of effects to a control group. Our findings do not support the results of a recent study, Qin (2008). In that study, DG and…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Language Processing, Word Order, Spanish
An Analysis of Japanese University Students' Oral Performance in English Using Processability Theory
Sakai, Hideki – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
This paper presents a brief summary of processability theory as proposed by [Pienemann, M., 1998a. "Language Processing and Second Language Development: Processability Theory." John Benjamins, Amsterdam; Pienemann, M., 1998b. "Developmental dynamics in L1 and L2 acquisition: processability theory and generative entrenchment." "Bilingualism:…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Language Processing, Word Order