The effects of information structure in the processing of word order variation in the second language

被引:2
作者
Lopez-Beltran, Priscila [1 ]
Johns, Michael A. [2 ]
Dussias, Paola E. [1 ]
Lozano, Cristobal [3 ]
Palma, Alfonso [3 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Univ Maryland, Appl Res Lab Intelligence & Secur, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[3] Univ Granada, Granada, Spain
关键词
eyetracking; information structure; passive; psycholinguistics; second language; word order; SYNTAX-DISCOURSE INTERFACE; LEFT DISLOCATION; L2; SPANISH; ANAPHORA RESOLUTION; PRONOMINAL SUBJECTS; ACQUISITION; LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION; SUBJECT; LEARNERS;
D O I
10.1177/0267658321992461
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Traditionally, it has been claimed that the non-canonical word order of passives makes them inherently more difficult to comprehend than their canonical active counterparts both in the first (L1) and second language (L2). However, growing evidence suggests that non-canonical word orders are not inherently more difficult to process than canonical counterparts when presented with discourse contexts that license their information structure constraints. In an eye-tracking experiment, we investigated the effect of information structure on the online processing of active and passive constructions and whether this effect differed in monolinguals and L1-Spanish-L2-English speakers. In line with previous corpus studies, our results indicated that there was an interaction between word order and information structure according to which passive sentences were much more costly to process with new-given information structure patterns. Crucially, we failed to find evidence that the effect of information structure on word order constraints in comprehension differed between monolingual and L2 speakers.
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页码:639 / 670
页数:32
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