Research in Second Language Processing and Parsing
Editors
This volume is the first dedicated to the growing field of theory and research on second language processing and parsing. The fourteen papers in this volume offer cutting-edge research using a number of different languages (e.g., Arabic, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, English) and structures (e.g., relative clauses, wh-gaps, gender, number) to examine various issues in second language processing: first language influence, whether or not non-natives can achieve native-like processing, the roles of context and prosody, the effects of working memory, and others. The researchers include both established scholars and newer voices, all offering important insights into the factors that affect processing and parsing in a second language.
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 53] 2010. vii, 351 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | pp. vii–viii
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Part I. Introduction
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Second language processing and parsing: The issuesBill VanPatten and Jill Jegerski | pp. 3–24
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Part II. Relative clauses and wh-movement
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Relative clause attachment preferences of Turkish L2 speakers of English: Shallow parsing in the L2?Nazik Dinçtopal-Deniz | pp. 27–64
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Evidence of syntactic constraints in the processing of wh-movement: A study of Najdi Arabic learners of EnglishSaad Aldwayan, Robert Fiorentino and Alison Gabriele | pp. 65–86
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Constraints on L2 learners’ processing of wh-dependencies: Evidence from eye movementsIan Cunnings, Claire Batterham, Claudia Felser and Harald Clahsen | pp. 87–110
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Part III. Gender and number
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The effects of linear distance and working memory on the processing of gender agreement in SpanishGregory D. Keating | pp. 113–134
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Feature assembly in early stages of L2 acquisition: Processing evidence from L2 FrenchClaire Renaud | pp. 135–156
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Part IV. Subjects and objects
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Second language processing in Japanese scrambled sentencesSanako Mitsugi and Brian MacWhinney | pp. 159–176
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Second language gap processing of Japanese scrambling under a Simpler Syntax accountMasahiro Hara | pp. 177–206
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The processing of subject-object ambiguities by English and Dutch L2 learners of GermanCarrie N. Jackson | pp. 207–230
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Connections between processing, production and placement: Acquiring object pronouns in spanish as a second languagePaul A. Malovrh and James F. Lee | pp. 231–256
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Part V. Phonology and lexicon
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The exploitation of fine phonetic detail in the processing of L2 FrenchEllenor M. Shoemaker | pp. 259–280
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Translation ambiguity: Consequences for learning and processingNatasha Tokowicz and Tamar Degani | pp. 281–294
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Part VI. Prosody and context
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Reading aloud in two languages: The interplay of syntax and prosodyEva M. Fernández | pp. 297–320
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Near-nativelike processing of contrastive focus in L2 FrenchRobert Reichle | pp. 321–344
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Author index | pp. 345–348
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Subject index | pp. 349–351
“This volume represents a good collection of cutting-edge research papers on the contemporary topic of L2 processing and parsing.[...] This book is highly recommended to scholars in the field of second language acquisition and processing, especially psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics.”
Christos Pliatsikas, University of Birmingham, on Linguist List 22.2905, 2011
“This collection of articles offers a fairly well-rounded view of current issues in L2 processing by considering a range of topics, target languages, and theoretical claims and would thus be a valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in L2 processing. Additionally, given its broad perspective and the inclusion of studies that support both sides of the current debates, this volume would make a good textbook for an introductory graduate level course on research in L2 processing.”
Kate Miller, Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis, in Studies in Second Language Acquisition 34(3): 511- 513, 2012
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LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General