The Processing of Ambiguous Sentences by First and Second Language Learners of English.

Felser, Claudia; Gross, Rebecca; Roberts, Leah; Marinis, Theodore

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ERIC Number: EJ673190

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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The Processing of Ambiguous Sentences by First and Second Language Learners of English.

Felser, Claudia; Gross, Rebecca; Roberts, Leah; Marinis, Theodore

Applied Psycholinguistics, v24 n3 p453-89 Jul 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 speakers of English do. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Adults, Advanced Students, Ambiguity, English (Second Language), German, Greek, Native Speakers, Phrase Structure, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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