Multiple Constraints on Processing Ambiguous Sentences: Evidence from Adult L2 Learners.

Ying, H. G.

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ERIC Number: EJ541149

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Multiple Constraints on Processing Ambiguous Sentences: Evidence from Adult L2 Learners.

Ying, H. G.

Language Learning, v46 n4 p681-711 Dec 1996

Investigates adult second language learners' processing of English syntactically ambiguous sentences in which a prepositional phrase is interpreted as either a noun phrase or verb phrase attachment. Results reveal lexical, syntactic, prosodic, and contextual constraints on processing ambiguous sentences. (87 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Adult Students, Ambiguity, Context Clues, English (Second Language), Language Processing, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Instruction, Sentence Structure, Syntax, Verbs

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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