Essays about: "Ariane Senécal"

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  1. 1. Processing the L2 comprehension process: Testing Processability Theory’s predictions in an ERP study of adult learners of L2 Swedish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Ariane Senécal; [2011]
    Keywords : Predicative Agreement; Attributive Agreement; Processability Theory; Second Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Event-Related Potentials; Swedish as a Second Language; Linguistics; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This small-scale experiment was a first attempt at testing the theoretical framework of Processability Theory (PT), a well-established theory of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), against data from online brain imaging technology (Electroencephalography – EEG). Event Related Potentials (ERPs) were extracted for 15 advanced beginners/intermediate-level learners of Swedish who were presented with grammatical and ungrammatical sentences, each containing one of two grammatical forms evaluated in PT as belonging to two different stages of acquisition (attributive number agreement vs. READ MORE