Prosodic processing in sentences with ‘only’ in L1 and L2 English

IF 4.2 1区文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Studies in Second Language Acquisition Pub Date : 2024-02-14 DOI:10.1017/s0272263124000019

Rachida Ganga, Haoyan Ge, Marijn E. Struiksma, Virginia Yip, Aoju Chen

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Abstract

It has been proposed that second language (L2) learners differ from native speakers in processing due to either influence from their native language or an inability to integrate information from multiple linguistic domains in a second language. To shed new light on the underlying mechanism of L2 processing, we used an event-related potentials (ERP) paradigm to examine the processing of sentences with only in English by native speakers of English and advanced Dutch learners of English. Successful processing of sentences with only requires rapid integration of prosodic information with semantic and syntactic information. We found that L2 listeners showed native-like processing of the acoustics of contrastive pitch accents when adjacent to only. However, they needed more cues than L1 listeners to perform native-like in forming expectations for focus placement. Our results thus provide first ERP-based evidence for difficulty in the integration of information for focus expectation in difficult L2 constructs.

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第一语言和第二语言英语中带有 "only "的句子的拟声处理

有人提出，第二语言（L2）学习者与母语学习者在句子加工方面存在差异，这可能是由于母语的影响，也可能是由于第二语言无法整合多个语言领域的信息。为了揭示第二语言加工的内在机制，我们使用了事件相关电位（ERP）范式来研究英语为母语者和英语为荷兰语的高级学习者对只用英语表达的句子的加工。成功处理 "只有 "的句子需要快速整合前音信息与语义和句法信息。我们发现，母语为 L2 的听者在处理与 only 相邻的对比音高重音时，表现出了与母语听者相似的效果。然而，与 L1 听者相比，他们需要更多的线索才能对焦点位置形成类似母语的预期。因此，我们的研究结果首次提供了基于 ERP 的证据，证明在困难的 L2 构建中，焦点预期信息的整合存在困难。

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition LINGUISTICS-

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8.00

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9.80%

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期刊介绍： Studies in Second Language Acquisition is a refereed journal of international scope devoted to the scientific discussion of acquisition or use of non-native and heritage languages. Each volume (five issues) contains research articles of either a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods nature in addition to essays on current theoretical matters. Other rubrics include shorter articles such as Replication Studies, Critical Commentaries, and Research Reports.