From Interlanguage grammar to target grammar in L2 processing of definiteness as uniqueness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655887 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hyunah Ahn (0000-0003-4711-0998, Seoul National University, South Korea, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-119 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-14 |
| 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 | 10.1177/0267658319868003 |
| OpenAlex | W2968435214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 46 |
This study investigated the processing of English articles by second language (L2) speakers whose first language (L1) is Korean. Previous studies in L2 English article use had some issues unresolved such as using offline tasks, conflating definiteness with real-world knowledge, and operationalizing definiteness and relevant constructs in ways that participants can be primed or get metalinguistic cues. To revisit such issues, the construct ‘definiteness’ was operationalized as unique identifiability, a self-paced reading task was used to collect data, and regression models were employed to analyse logarithm residuals of raw reading time data, which can detect subtle differences that are otherwise buried. The results show that L1 speakers show sensitivity to the use of definite and indefinite articles in response to given contexts and that both advanced and intermediate L2 speakers first resort to their non-target-like Interlanguage grammar, but the advanced group later revises their initial interpretation and eventually shows the effect of target grammar. The L2 behavior is discussed in terms of its theoretical implications
Cognition · Definiteness · Grammar · Interlanguage · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Operationalization · Psycholinguistics · Second-language acquisition · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Artificial Intelligence
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Understanding code-mixed phrases
Scalar implicatures in adult L2 learners
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Lexicon over Syntax
The Emergence of Second Language Categorisation of the English Article Construction
Definiteness
Phrasal Movement and Its Kin
Grammatical processing in language learners
Article Semantics in L2 Acquisition
Gaps in Second Language Sentence Processing
Bilinguals reading in their second language do not predict upcoming words as native readers do
Artikel und Definitheit
Random effects structure for confirmatory hypothesis testing
Language Acquisition as Rational Contingency Learning
Are these approaches incompatible
Coreference and discourse coherence in L2
Articles in child L2 English
The impact of EFL testing on EFL education in Korea
What Is Presupposition Accommodation, Again
The English article system
The acquisition of articles in child second language English
Variability in second language article production
Introduction
Variability in the use of the English article system by Chinese learners of English
That ’s not so different from the
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Acquisition of English
Reference and Definite Descriptions
On (in)definite articles
Common Ground
Sources of linguistic knowledge in the second language acquisition of English articles
This is Definitely Specific
The Role of L1 Transfer in the Interpretation of Articles with Definite Plurals in L2 English
Processing Determinism
The Role of Presuppositionality in the Second Language Acquisition of English Articles
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |