The role of aspect on anaphora resolution in English as a first and second language
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.22599/jesla.121" target="_blank" >10.22599/jesla.121</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The role of aspect on anaphora resolution in English as a first and second language
Original language description
This study investigates pronominal reference assignments across sentences that contain English verbs of transfer in monolingual English speakers and second-language (L2) learners having German as a first language and English as an L2. In a forced-choice task, participants were presented with sentences in perfective or imperfective aspect, like "Elizabeth took/was taking a meal to Mary" (adapted from Ferretti et al., 2009). They were then shown sentences that contained gender-matching pronouns, as in "She breathed in the smell of fresh basil", and they were finally asked to choose who performed the relevant actions: "Who breathed in the smell of fresh basil? Elizabeth or Mary?". We found that both groups preferred more often goal-oriented interpretations in the perfective condition, while in the imperfective condition only English monolingual speakers preferred more often source-oriented interpretations. The pattern observed in the perfective condition is consistent with previous studies and indicates that perfective aspect creates a strong bias towards end-states. For the imperfective condition, we argue that the different pattern observed in L2 learners may be due to some features of German, where an overall bias for end-states was previously observed. This indicates an effect of first-language strategies on L2 processing, consistent with previous research on different languages.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of the European Second Language Association
ISSN
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e-ISSN
2399-9101
Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
48-65
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