Essays about: "syntactic constructions unique to the L2"

Found 1 essay containing the words syntactic constructions unique to the L2.

  1. 1. Online processing of syntactic constructions unique to the second language: An eye-movement study of subject–verb agreement with Swedish advanced learners of English

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Josine Greidanus; [2015]
    Keywords : L2 processing; syntactic constructions unique to the L2; complex subject–verb agreement; eye-tracking; reading research; Shallow Structure Hypothesis; structural distance; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : It is a hotly debated issue whether second language (L2) learners can achieve target-like online syntactic processing of relations not instantiated in their first language (L1). The Shallow Structure Hypothesis (SSH) predicts that L2 learners will not process configurations with structural distance in a target-like online fashion (Clahsen & Felser, 2006 a,b,c), whereas some studies find that target-like processing is possible (e. READ MORE