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Publication Date: 2023-May
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Wh-Dependency Processing in a Naturalistic Exposure Context: Sensitivity to Abstract Syntactic Structure in High-Working-Memory L2 Speakers
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v45 n2 p586-598 May 2023
This study replicates Felser and Roberts (2007), which used a cross-modal picture priming task to examine indirect-object dependency processing in classroom L2 learners. The replication focuses on early L2 learners with extensive naturalistic L2 exposure (n = 22)--an understudied group in the literature--and investigates whether these learners, in contrast to those in the original study, reactivate the moved element at its original position in the sentence. Bayesian multilevel regression is used to analyze the data. The results suggest that higher-working-memory participants did reactivate the moved element at its structural origin. By extending previous research to an understudied group, the study contributes to our knowledge regarding sensitivity to abstract syntactic structure in L2 processing.
Descriptors: Language Processing, Questioning Techniques, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Short Term Memory, Syntax, Pictorial Stimuli, Task Analysis, Priming, Comparative Analysis
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