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Direct linkRothman, Jason; Judy, Tiffany; Guijarro-Fuentes, Pedro; Pires, Acrisio – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2010
This study contributes to a central debate within contemporary generative second language (L2) theorizing: the extent to which adult learners are (un)able to acquire new functional features that result in a L2 grammar that is mentally structured like the native target (see White, 2003). The adult acquisition of L2 nominal phi-features is explored,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Semantics, Form Classes (Languages)
Rah, Anne; Adone, Dany – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2010
This article presents new evidence from offline and online processing of garden-path sentences that are ambiguous between reduced relative clause resolution and main verb resolution. The participants of this study are intermediate and advanced German learners of English who have learned the language in a nonimmersed context. The results show that…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Sentences, Verbs, Figurative Language
Dekydtspotter, Laurent; Donaldson, Bryan; Edmonds, Amanda C.; Fultz, Audrey Liljestrand; Petrush, Rebecca A. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2008
This study investigates the manner in which syntax, prosody, and context interact when second- and fourth-semester college-level English-French learners process relative clause (RC) attachment to either the first noun phrase (NP1) or the second noun phrase (NP2) in complex nominal expressions such as "le secretaire du psychologue qui se promene"…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Intonation, Phrase Structure, Nouns
Steinel, Margarita P.; Hulstijn, Jan H.; Steinel, Wolfgang – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
In a paired-associate learning (PAL) task, Dutch university students (n = 129) learned 20 English second language (L2) idioms either receptively or productively (i.e., L2-first language [L1] or L1-L2) and were tested in two directions (i.e., recognition or production) immediately after learning and 3 weeks later. Receptive and productive…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Paired Associate Learning, Educational Change, College Students
Lieberman, Moti; Aoshima, Sachiko; Phillips, Colin – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2006
A number of studies of second language (L2) sentence processing have investigated whether ambiguity resolution biases in the native language (L1) transfer to superficially similar cognate structures in the L2. When transfer effects are found in such cases, it is difficult to determine whether they reflect surface parallels between the languages or…
Descriptors: Sentences, Figurative Language, Word Order, Native Speakers
Dussias, Paola E. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
This study investigates whether proficient second language (L2) speakers of Spanish and English use the same parsing strategies as monolinguals when reading temporarily ambiguous sentences containing a complex noun phrase followed by a relative clause, such as "Peter fell in love with the daughter of the psychologist who studied in California."…
Descriptors: Syntax, Nouns, Figurative Language, Monolingualism
