ERIC Number: EJ1262545
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 34
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Transfer of L1 Processing Strategies to the Interpretation of Sentence-Level L2 Input: A Crosslinguistic Comparison on the Resolution of Relative Clause Attachment Ambiguities
Uludag, Onur
Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, v6 n2 p155-188 2020
The present study aims to investigate the role of L1 transfer effects on L2 sentence processing strategies during the interpretation of relative clause (RC) attachment ambiguities. The main body of the study is divided into two sections. The first section describes Experiment 1, which is designed to test the resolution of RC attachment ambiguities by Turkish learners of L2 English both in Turkish and English through the use of an off-line task (i.e., paper-and-pencil comprehension tests) and compare their processing preferences to those of native English speakers. The second section presents Experiment 2, which aims to investigate the real-time processing of the RC attachment ambiguities by the same participant groups employing eye-tracking methodology. The results indicated that L1 Turkish and L1 English RC attachment preferences differed and that Turkish learners of L2 English tended to transfer their Turkish sentence processing pattern to real-time interpretation of the English RC attachment ambiguities.
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Contrastive Linguistics, Native Language, Transfer of Training, Second Language Learning, Language Processing, Turkish, English (Second Language), Preferences, Comparative Analysis, English, Eye Movements, Ambiguity (Semantics), Advanced Students, State Universities, Language of Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Linguistic Input, Task Analysis, Foreign Countries
Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Anafartalar Campus Faculty of Education Department of Foreign Language Education, Canakkale 07100, Turkey. e-mail: editor@ejal.info; Website: https://www.ejal.info/index.php/ejal
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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