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| Title: | The on-line application of binding Principle A in English as a second language |
| Author: | Claudia Felser |
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| Institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Author: | Mikako Sato |
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| Institution: | University College London |
| Author: | Nick Bertenshaw |
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| Institution: | University of Portsmouth |
| Linguistic Field: | Language Acquisition; Syntax |
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English
Japanese |
| Abstract: | We report the results from two experiments investigating proficient Japanese-speaking learners' processing of reflexive object pronouns in English as a second language (L2). Experiment 1 used a timed grammaticality judgement task to assess learners' sensitivity to binding Principle A under processing pressure, and Experiment 2 investigated the time-course of reflexive anaphor resolution during L2 reading using the eye-movement monitoring technique. Taken together, our results show that despite having demonstrated native-like knowledge of reflexive binding in corresponding untimed tasks, the learners processed English reflexives differently from native speakers in that they took into consideration a matching discourse-prominent but binding-theoretically inappropriate antecedent when first encountering a reflexive. This suggests that unlike what has been reported in corresponding monolingual processing research (Sturt, 2003), initial antecedent search in L2 English is not constrained by binding Principle A. |
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This article appears in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition Vol. 12, Issue 4, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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