Dutch-Mandarin Learners' Online Use of Syntactic Cues to Anticipate Mass vs. Count Interpretations
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| Title: | Dutch-Mandarin Learners' Online Use of Syntactic Cues to Anticipate Mass vs. Count Interpretations |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Panpan Yao (ORCID |
| Source: | Second Language Research. 2024 40(4):803-831. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 29 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Indo European Languages, Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Prediction, Learning Processes, Language Proficiency, Native Language, Language Processing, Reading Processes, Cues, Syntax, Transfer of Training, Semantics, Majors (Students), Second Language Instruction, College Students, Foreign Countries, Nouns, Form Classes (Languages) |
| Geographic Terms: | Netherlands |
| DOI: | 10.1177/02676583231175106 |
| ISSN: | 0267-6583 1477-0326 |
| Abstract: | It remains unclear whether late second language learners (L2ers) can acquire sufficient knowledge about unique-to-L2 constructions through implicit learning to build anticipations during real-time processing. To tackle this question, we conducted a visual world paradigm experiment to investigate high-proficiency late first-language Dutch second-language Mandarin Chinese learners' online processing of syntactic cues to count vs. mass interpretations in Chinese which are unique-to-L2 and never explicitly taught. The results showed that late Dutch-Mandarin learners were sensitive to a mass-biased syntactic cue in real-time processing, and exhibited some native-like anticipatory behaviour. These findings indicate that late L2ers can acquire unique-to-L2 constructions through implicit learning, and can automatically use this knowledge to make predictions. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1447265 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | It remains unclear whether late second language learners (L2ers) can acquire sufficient knowledge about unique-to-L2 constructions through implicit learning to build anticipations during real-time processing. To tackle this question, we conducted a visual world paradigm experiment to investigate high-proficiency late first-language Dutch second-language Mandarin Chinese learners' online processing of syntactic cues to count vs. mass interpretations in Chinese which are unique-to-L2 and never explicitly taught. The results showed that late Dutch-Mandarin learners were sensitive to a mass-biased syntactic cue in real-time processing, and exhibited some native-like anticipatory behaviour. These findings indicate that late L2ers can acquire unique-to-L2 constructions through implicit learning, and can automatically use this knowledge to make predictions. |
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| ISSN: | 0267-6583 1477-0326 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/02676583231175106 |
