In this ERP study, native speakers and high- and low-proficiency L2 speakers of French were visually presented with instantiations of informational focus and contrastive focus. 14-channel electroencephalograms were recorded, and mean amplitude was calculated for windows 200–400 ms and 500–700 ms post-target word. For the processing of contrastive focus, native speakers showed a widespread increase in negativity compared to the processing of informational focus. High-proficiency L2 subjects also showed signs of increased negativity; low-proficiency L2 subjects did not. These results suggest the possibility of near-nativelike processing for high-proficiency L2 learners, but not for low-proficiency L2 learners; this finding is consistent with other recent ERP studies of L2 processing (e.g. Osterhout et al., 2006).
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Heil, Jeanne & Luis López
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Lee, Aleuna, Michelle Perdomo & Edith Kaan
2020. Native and second-language processing of contrastive pitch accent: An ERP study. Second Language Research 36:4 ► pp. 503 ff.
LEE, EUN-KYUNG & SCOTT FRAUNDORF
2019. Native-like processing of prominence cues in L2 written discourse comprehension: Evidence from font emphasis. Applied Psycholinguistics 40:2 ► pp. 373 ff.
Listanti, Andrea & Jacopo Torregrossa
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2020. An Extra Cue Is Beneficial for Native Speakers but Can Be Disruptive for Second Language Learners: Integration of Prosody and Visual Context in Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution. Frontiers in Psychology 10
Perdomo, Michelle & Edith Kaan
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Reichle, Robert V.
2012. Sprites and Rules: What ERPs and Procedural Memory Can Tell Us about Video Games and Language Learning. In Digital Games in Language Learning and Teaching, ► pp. 139 ff.
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2014. PROCESSING FOCUS STRUCTURE IN L1 AND L2 FRENCH. Studies in Second Language Acquisition 36:3 ► pp. 535 ff.
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