Syntactic and emotional interplay in second language
Emotional resonance but not proficiency modulates affective influences on L2 syntactic processing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7149913 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beatriz Bermúdez-Margaretto (0000-0002-3687-3634, Universidad de Salamanca, corresponding author), David Beltrán (0000-0003-1658-5915, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), Marta de Vega (Universidad de Salamanca), Angel Fernandez (0000-0002-7199-2786, Universidad de Salamanca), María Jesús Sánchez (0000-0003-0907-4746, Universidad de Salamanca) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1655-1663 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognition & Emotion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-9931 • E-ISSN: 1464-0600 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02699931.2024.2374038 |
| PMID | 38992967 |
| OpenAlex | W4400593745 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 42 |
Previous research has demonstrated the influence of emotions during linguistic processing, indicating the interactivity of both processes in the brain. However, little is known regarding such interplay in a second language (L2). This study addressed this question by examining the reading effects of syntactic violations while processing L2 emotional and neutral statements. Forty-six Spanish-English bilinguals with various levels of L2 proficiency and emotional resonance (i.e. capability for emotional experience in L2) were presented with a self-paced sentence reading task. Sentences contained positive (16), neutral (16) and negative (16) verbs, half of them presented in agreement and half in disagreement with the preceding pronoun. Analysis of verb reading times using linear mixed effects modelling revealed a significant interaction between syntactic violation, verb valence and emotional resonance, suggesting that stronger emotional L2 experience results in a higher saliency of negative verbs, reducing the impact of syntactic violations
Cognitive psychology · Linguistics · Syntax · Action Observation and Synchronization · Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology
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Grounded Cognition
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |