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Sentence comprehension in heritage language

Isomorphism, word order, and language transfer

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ID11655818
AutoresAnna Chrabaszcz (0000-0002-1766-7245, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia; University of Pittsburgh, USA), Elena Onischik (Põhja-Eesti Taastusravikeskus, Estonia), Olga Dragoy (0000-0002-6777-5164, National Research University Higher School of Economics, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen38
Número4
Páginas839-867
Fecha de publicación2021-03-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSecond language Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267658321997900
OpenAlexW3134718173
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas57

This study examines the role of cross-linguistic transfer versus general processing strategy in two groups of heritage speakers ( n = 28 per group) with the same heritage language – Russian – and typologically different dominant languages: English and Estonian. A group of homeland Russian speakers ( n = 36) is tested to provide baseline comparison. Within the framework of the Competition model (MacWhinney, 2012), cross-linguistic transfer is defined as reliance on the processing cue prevalent in the heritage speaker’s dominant language (e.g. word order in English) for comprehension of heritage language. In accordance with the Isomorphic Mapping Hypothesis (O’Grady and Lee, 2005), the general processing strategy is defined in terms of isomorphism as a linear alignment between the order of the sentence constituents and the temporal sequence of events. Participants were asked to match pictures on the computer screen with auditorily presented sentences. Sentences included locative or instrumental constructions, in which two cues – word order (basic vs. inverted) and isomorphism mapping (isomorphic vs. nonisomorphic) – were fully crossed. The results revealed that (1) Russian native speakers are sensitive to isomorphism in sentence processing; (2) English-dominant heritage speakers experience dominant language transfer, as evidenced by their reliance primarily on the word order cue; (3) Estonian-dominant heritage speakers do not show significant effects of isomorphism or word order but experience significant processing costs in all conditions

Comprehension · Estonian · Heritage language · Isomorphism (crystallography · Lexicon · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Sentence · Sentence processing · Word order · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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