Independent Semantic and Syntactic Representations in L2 Mandarin Learners
Evidence from Structural Priming
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22044879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas J Getty (University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author), Xiang Wei (0000-0002-8967-6423, Sun Yat-sen University), Lin Chen (0000-0001-5135-3998, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 204 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/educsci14020204 |
| OpenAlex | W4391926641 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 42 |
Structural representations in English have been shown to be quite abstract, with structural information being represented independently from semantic information. Mandarin has a relatively sparse marking of syntactic information, with no inflections for case, number, or tense. Given this syntactic sparsity, Huang et al. (2016) hypothesized that, distinct from English-language findings, Mandarin learners may have shared syntactic and semantic representations, such that semantic information can guide structure building. We examined this question in L2 Mandarin learners using a structural priming paradigm that required reading Mandarin primes. We found that L2 Mandarin learners exhibit within-language structural priming, and this effect is independent of semantic information. These findings have two implications: (1) this represents the first demonstration of within-language L2 Mandarin structural priming; (2) L2 learners can develop syntactic representations independent of semantic representations, even when the target L2 language lacks rich marking of syntactic information
Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Natural language processing · Syntax · Computer Science · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Artificial Intelligence
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