The role of aspect on anaphora resolution in English as a first and second language

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

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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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The role of aspect on anaphora resolution in English as a first and second language

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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 &quot;Elizabeth took/was taking a meal to Mary&quot; (adapted from Ferretti et al., 2009). They were then shown sentences that contained gender-matching pronouns, as in &quot;She breathed in the smell of fresh basil&quot;, and they were finally asked to choose who performed the relevant actions: &quot;Who breathed in the smell of fresh basil? Elizabeth or Mary?&quot;. 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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The role of aspect on anaphora resolution in English as a first and second language

Popis výsledku anglicky

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 &quot;Elizabeth took/was taking a meal to Mary&quot; (adapted from Ferretti et al., 2009). They were then shown sentences that contained gender-matching pronouns, as in &quot;She breathed in the smell of fresh basil&quot;, and they were finally asked to choose who performed the relevant actions: &quot;Who breathed in the smell of fresh basil? Elizabeth or Mary?&quot;. 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.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of the European Second Language Association

ISSN

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e-ISSN

2399-9101

Svazek periodika

8

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

48-65

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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