Changing comprehenders’ pronoun interpretations

Immediate and cumulative priming at the discourse level in L2 and native speakers of English

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11655825
AutoresCarla Contemori (0000-0003-4264-6750, University of Texas at El Paso, USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume37
Fascículo4
Páginas573-586
Data de publicação2019-11-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSecond language Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267658319886644
OpenAlexW2988814248
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas43

Existing research on second language (L2) pronoun resolution has not yet looked at immediate and cumulative priming effects. By using a sentence comprehension task, the present study aims at priming dis-preferred interpretations for ambiguous pronouns. We test a group of native speakers and a group of intermediate-proficiency L2 learners of English, whose first language (L1) is Mexican Spanish. The results suggest that the magnitude of the immediate priming effect is comparable in L2 and native speakers. In addition, we found that priming at the discourse level can be persistent for L2 speakers that have successfully acquired pronoun interpretation constraints in the L2. Based on the findings, we hypothesize that priming can be determined by the degree to which the structure is a stable representation in the leaner’s system, regardless of the amount of experience with that structure/preference

Comprehension · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Priming (agriculture · Pronoun · Sentence · Sentence completion tests · Subject pronoun · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Social Psychology