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| Title: | Cross-linguistic differences and their impact on L2 sentence processing |
| Author: | Carrie N. Jackson |
| Institution: | Pennsylvania State University |
| Author: | Paola E. Dussias |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Homepage: | http://www.personal.psu.edu/ped10/ |
| Institution: | Pennsylvania State University |
| Linguistic Field: | Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Morphology; Syntax |
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German
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| Abstract: | Using a self-paced reading task, the present study investigates how highly proficient second language (L2) speakers of German with English as their native language process unambiguous -subject-extractions and -object-extractions in German. Previous monolingual research has shown that English and German exhibit different processing preferences for the type of -question under investigation, due in part to the robust case-marking system in German – a morphosyntactic feature that is largely absent in English (e.g., Juffs and Harrington, 1995; Fanselow, Kliegl and Schlesewsky 1999; Meng and Bader, 2000; Juffs, 2005). The results revealed that the L2 German speakers utilized case-marking information and exhibited a subject-preference similar to German native speakers. These findings are discussed in light of relevant research regarding the ability of L2 speakers to adopt native-like processing strategies in their L2. |
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This article appears in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition Vol. 12, Issue 1, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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