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Direct linkSaad Aldosari; Lauren Covey; Alison Gabriele – Second Language Research, 2024
We investigate sensitivity to island constraints in English native speakers and Najdi Arabic learners of English, examining (1) whether second language (L2) learners whose native language (L1) does not instantiate overt "wh"-movement are sensitive to island constraints and (2) the source of island effects. Under a grammatical account of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabic, Undergraduate Students, Native Speakers
Lauren Covey; Robert Fiorentino; Alison Gabriele – Second Language Research, 2024
This study investigates the processing of "wh"-dependencies in English by native speakers and advanced Mandarin Chinese-speaking learners. We examined processing at a filled gap site that was in a licit position (non-island) or located inside an island, a grammatically unlicensed position. Natives showed N400 in the non-island condition,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Diagnostic Tests, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Processing
