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Context Sensitivity and Pragmatic Inference Processing in Second Language Learners
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Starr, Glenn – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A considerable amount of research has emerged in recent years concerning second language (L2) learner sensitivity to various information types. From this, Clahsen and Felser proposed the Shallow Structure Hypothesis (SSH) to account for increased learner sensitivity to certain kinds of non-structural (e.g., contextual, discoursal, semantic, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Inferences, Foreign Countries, Korean
The Relationship between Perception and Production of Illusory Vowels in a Second Language
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Song Yi Kim; Jeong-Im Han – Second Language Research, 2024
Korean learners of English are known to repair consonant clusters, which are not allowed in their native language, with an epenthetic vowel [close central unrounded vowel]. The purpose of the present study is to examine whether the perception-production link of such an illusory vowel in a second language (L2) is only within and not across…
Descriptors: Correlation, Vowels, Pronunciation, English (Second Language)
L2 Processing, Proficiency, and Acceptability Judgment of Wh-Island Sentences
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Hye-ryeong Hahn – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2024
The current study explores the effects of processing demands and proficiency on second language (L2) learners' acceptability judgment of wh-island sentences. A total of 65 adult Korean learners of English and ten native speakers (NSs) of English participated in an experiment that combined self-paced reading and acceptability judgment. They were…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Verbs, Language Processing, Form Classes (Languages)
Relative Clause Sentence Processing in Korean-Speaking School-Aged Children with and without Specific Language Impairment
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Yoo, Jeewon; Yim, Dongsun – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The goal of this study was to examine online and off-line sentence processing using Korean language relative clause sentences between children with specific language impairment (SLI) and children with typical development (TD). Method: Twenty-four children with TD and 19 children with SLI participated in this study. Children completed…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Korean, Language Processing, Language Acquisition
Non-Native Japanese Learners' Perception of Consonant Length in Japanese and Italian
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Tsukada, Kimiko; Cox, Felicity; Hajek, John; Hirata, Yukari – Second Language Research, 2018
Learners of a foreign language (FL) typically have to learn to process sounds that do not exist in their first language (L1). As this is known to be difficult for adults, in particular, it is important for FL pedagogy to be informed by phonetic research. This study examined the role of FL learners' previous linguistic experience in the processing…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Japanese, Italian
Transitivity in the Process of Intransitive Clauses: A Category-Based Prediction in Low-Intermediate Learners of English
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Dekydtspotter, Laurent; Seo, Hyun-Kyoung – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
We document weak garden paths after intransitive verbs, modulated by intransitivity type, in the treatment of DP[subscript 1] V[subscript intransitive] DP[subscript 2] V[subscript 2] sequences as in "As the journalist arrived the editor postponed the meeting" in first language (L1) and second language (L2) sentence processing. In a…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Processing