Similarity-based interference and relative clauses in second language processing

IF 16.4 1区 化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-12-16 DOI:10.1177/02676583211063534
Ian Cunnings, Hiroki Fujita
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Relative clauses have long been examined in research on first (L1) and second (L2) language acquisition and processing, and a large body of research has shown that object relative clauses (e.g. ‘The boy that the girl saw’) are more difficult to process than subject relative clauses (e.g. ‘The boy that saw the girl’). Although there are different accounts of this finding, memory-based factors have been argued to play a role in explaining the object relative disadvantage. Evidence of memory-based factors in relative clause processing comes from studies indicating that representational similarity influences the difficulty associated with object relatives as a result of a phenomenon known as similarity-based interference. Although similarity-based interference has been well studied in L1 processing, less is known about how it influences L2 processing. We report two studies – an eye-tracking experiment and a comprehension task – investigating interference in the comprehension of relative clauses in L1 and L2 readers. Our results indicated similarity-based interference in the processing of object relative clauses in both L1 and L2 readers, with no significant differences in the size of interference effects between the two groups. These results highlight the importance of considering memory-based factors when examining L2 processing.
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二语加工中的相似干扰与关系从句
长期以来,有关第一(L1)和第二(L2)语言习得和加工的研究一直在研究关系从句,大量研究表明,宾语关系从句(如“女孩看到的男孩”)比主语关系从句(如“看到女孩的男孩”)更难处理。尽管对这一发现有不同的解释,但人们认为基于记忆的因素在解释物体相对劣势方面发挥了作用。基于记忆的因素在关系分句处理中的证据来自研究表明,表征相似性影响了与对象亲属相关的困难,这是一种被称为基于相似性的干扰现象。尽管基于相似性的干扰在第一语言加工中得到了很好的研究,但对它如何影响第二语言加工却知之甚少。我们报道了两项研究——眼动追踪实验和理解任务——调查了母语和二语读者对关系从句理解的干扰。我们的研究结果表明,母语和二语读者在处理宾语关系子句时都存在基于相似性的干扰,两组之间的干扰效应大小没有显著差异。这些结果强调了在检查第二语言处理时考虑基于记忆的因素的重要性。
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Accounts of Chemical Research
Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合
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期刊介绍: Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.
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