Sentence processing in bilingual children
Evidence from garden-path sentences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21201781 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George PONTIKAS (0000-0002-4696-9605, University of Reading), Ian Cunnings (0000-0002-5318-0186, University of Reading), Theodoros Marinis (0000-0002-4120-3141, University of Konstanz) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 476-511 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1879-9264 • E-ISSN: 1879-9272 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/lab.22104.pon |
| OpenAlex | W4394568216 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 39 |
Research in sentence processing in bilingual children is emergent but incomplete as very few studies examine the processing of structurally complex sentences or bilingual children’s real-time interpretation of sentences. One underexplored linguistic feature which can offer insights in this direction are garden-path sentences, i.e., sentences with temporary syntactic ambiguity. These are difficult to process for monolingual children as incremental processing results in an initial misinterpretation and the need for reanalysis. Studies on bilingual children’s processing of garden-path sentences have used paradigms with limited ecological validity and which are not informative about one’s interpretation while listening. This study bridges this gap by investigating the processing of garden-path sentences in bilingual children with the visual-world eye-tracking paradigm. It further explores the role of referential context in the visual stimuli to aid disambiguation. Monolingual and bilingual children aged 8–11 years completed a task similar to Trueswell et al. (1999) . The results showed similar difficulty with revising garden-path sentences as evidenced by comprehension accuracy for both groups but only the monolinguals showed real-time garden-path effects in the gaze data. We interpret these findings as a manifestation of slower sentence processing in bilingual children. Both groups made limited use of the referential context to facilitate processing
Active listening · Ambiguity · Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Deep linguistic processing · Eye tracking · Geography · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Perception · Sentence · Sentence processing · Visual processing · Communication · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Artificial Intelligence
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| Citations per year | 1.5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |