TY - JOUR
T1 - When actions and looks don't line up
T2 - The contribution of referential and prosodic information in the processing of PP ambiguities in child-L2 speakers of English
AU - Contemori, Carla
AU - Pozzan, Lucia
AU - Galinsky, Phillip
AU - Dussias, Paola E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the University Research Institute Grant-University of Texas at El Paso awarded to Carla Contemori, and National Science Foundation OISE-0968369, OISE 1545900 and R21 HD071758-01A1 awarded to Paola Dussias.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants from the University Research Institute Grant- University of Texas at El Paso awarded to Carla Contemori, and National Science Foundation OISE-0968369, OISE 1545900 and R21 HD071758-01A1 awarded to Paola Dussias.
Publisher Copyright:
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
PY - 2020/10/6
Y1 - 2020/10/6
N2 - In two eye tracking experiments, we investigate how adult child-L2 speakers of English resolve prepositional phrase (PP) attachment ambiguity in their dominant language (English), and whether they use prosodic information to aid in the process of garden-path recovery. The findings showed an increased processing cost associated with the revision of temporary ambiguous sentences for the child-L2 adults relative to the native English speakers. When prosody was informative, the child-L2 adults were able to use prosodic information to guide the interpretation of their later acquired, dominant language. However, they performed revision significantly less successfully than the native speakers. Although processing was similar for the native English speakers and the adult child-L2 speakers of English, when it comes to sensitivity to prosodic information and referential context, the two groups differed with regards to reanalysis both in the presence and absence of salient prosodic and referential information.
AB - In two eye tracking experiments, we investigate how adult child-L2 speakers of English resolve prepositional phrase (PP) attachment ambiguity in their dominant language (English), and whether they use prosodic information to aid in the process of garden-path recovery. The findings showed an increased processing cost associated with the revision of temporary ambiguous sentences for the child-L2 adults relative to the native English speakers. When prosody was informative, the child-L2 adults were able to use prosodic information to guide the interpretation of their later acquired, dominant language. However, they performed revision significantly less successfully than the native speakers. Although processing was similar for the native English speakers and the adult child-L2 speakers of English, when it comes to sensitivity to prosodic information and referential context, the two groups differed with regards to reanalysis both in the presence and absence of salient prosodic and referential information.
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U2 - 10.1075/lab.18001.con
DO - 10.1075/lab.18001.con
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082522730
VL - 10
SP - 623
EP - 656
JO - Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
JF - Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism
SN - 1879-9264
IS - 5
ER -