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Morphological Structure in Native and Nonnative Language Processing

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ID4501769
AuthorsHarald Clahsen (0000-0002-6190-1318, University of Essex, corresponding author), Claudia Felser (0000-0001-9424-0950, University of Essex), Kathleen Neubauer (University of Essex), Mikako Sato (University of Essex), Renita Silva (University of Essex)
Year2010
Volume60
Issue1
Pages21-43
Publication date2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9922.2009.00550.x
OpenAlexW2112474428
LanguageEN
Citations received59
References cited44

This article presents a selective overview of studies that have investigated how advanced adult second language (L2) learners process morphologically complex words. The studies reported here have used different kinds of experimental tasks (including speeded grammaticality judgments, lexical decision, and priming) to examine three domains of morphological processing (regular and irregular inflection, derived word forms, and morphosyntactic phenomena) in L2 learners from typologically different first language (L1) backgrounds. The results from these studies demonstrate clear differences between native and nonnative processing in all three domains, indicating that adult L2 learners are less sensitive to morphological structure than native speakers and rely more on lexical storage than on morphological parsing during processing

Biology · Cognition · First language · Grammar · Grammaticality · Inflection · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Parsing · Priming (agriculture) · Second-language acquisition · Sentence processing · Computer Science · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Second Language Acquisition and Learning

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