The action dynamics of native and non-native speakers of English in processing active and passive sentences
Scott Crossley | Georgia State University
Nicholas D. Duran | Arizona State University
YouJin Kim | Georgia State University
Tiffany Lester | Brenau University
Samuel Clark | Instituto Cervantes, Apostólica
This study investigates processing of passive and active constructions between native speakers (NS) and non-native speakers (NNS) of
English using traditional on-line mechanisms such as response time in conjunction with techniques that capitalize on the parallel activation
of distributed mental representations during online syntactic processing. In the current study, hand motions captured by a mouse-tracking
system were used to index listeners’ cognitive processes while making commitments to different choice alternatives during the processing of
English passive and active structures. During data collection, 57 NNS and 43 NS carried out an aural forced-choice picture identification
task. Data analysis indicated differences and similarities between NS and NNS participants such that NS participants are faster at
responding to passive and active stimuli, travel less distance, and make fewer directional changes when compared to NNS participants.
However, all participants showed similar trends for passive processing, suggesting comparable difficulties in processing passive
constructions.
Keywords: second language acquisition, syntactic processing, action dynamics, mouse tracking
Published online: 22 February 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.17028.cro
https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.17028.cro
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