Zhiyin Renee Dong
List of John Benjamins publications for which Zhiyin Renee Dong plays a role.
Articles
2023 L2 processing of filled gaps: Non-native brain activity not modulated by proficiency and working memory Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 13:6, pp. 767–800 | Article
This paper investigates how late L2 learners resolve filler-gap dependencies (FGD) in real-time and how proficiency and working memory (WM) modulate their brain responses in an event-related potential (ERP) experiment. A group of intermediate to highly proficient Mandarin Chinese learners of… read more
2021 Tone and vocabulary learning for classroom-based L2 Mandarin learners: Pedagogical implications from current tone word processing research Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 56:3, pp. 179–208 | Article
The primary function of Mandarin tone is to encode and differentiate otherwise similar-sounding words. In that regard, proficient tone use is essential for both intelligible L2 pronunciation and successful vocabulary learning. Recent research investigating L2 tone use in online Mandarin word… read more