Reanalysing object gaps during non-native sentence processing
Evidence from ERPs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Jessen (0000-0002-2488-2533, University of Potsdam, corresponding author), Claudia Felser (0000-0001-9424-0950, University of Potsdam) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 285-300 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Second language Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0267658317753030 |
| OpenAlex | W2784616478 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 29 |
The present study used event related potentials (ERPs) to investigate how native (L1) German-speaking second-language (L2) learners of English process sentences containing filler-gap dependencies such as Bill liked the house (women) that Bob built some ornaments for __ at his workplace. Using an experimental design which allowed us to dissociate filler integration from reanalysis effects, we found that fillers which were implausible as direct objects of the embedded verb (e.g. built the women) elicited similar brain responses (an N400) in L1 and L2 speakers when the verb was encountered. This confirms findings from behavioral and eye-movement studies indicating that both L1 and L2 speakers immediately try to integrate a filler with a potential lexical licensor. L1/L2 differences were observed when subsequent sentence material signaled that the direct-object analysis was in fact incorrect, however. We found reanalysis effects, in the shape of a P600 for sentences containing fillers that were plausible direct objects only for L2 speakers, but not for the L1 group. This supports previous findings suggesting that L2 comprehenders recover from an initially plausible first analysis less easily than L1 speakers
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Event-related potential · German · Linguistics · N400 · Object (grammar · P600 · Sentence · Sentence processing · Verb · Categorization, perception, and language · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |