Essays about: "Shallow Structure Hypothesis"

Found 3 essays containing the words Shallow Structure Hypothesis.

1. 1. Syntactic Crossroads: Testing L2 sensitivity to Strong Crossover in an online experiment.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet

   Author : Daniele Tucciarone; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : We investigated sensitivity of non-native speakers of English to the Strong Crossover (SCO) constraint and Binding Principle C. Taking Clahsen & Felser’s (2006) Shallow Structure Hypothesis as a theoretical foundation, we tested whether non-native speakers would show a similar ability in predictively processing syntactic gaps in Strong Crossover configurations as had English native speakers in Kush et al. READ MORE

3. 2. 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

4. 3. Processing filler-gap dependencies in an L2: An Event-Related Potential study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Andrea Schremm; [2012]
   Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The present study investigated second language (L2) learners’ processing of filler-gap dependencies and tested the implications of Clahsen and Felser’s (2006) shallow structure hypothesis according to which L2 learners underuse syntactic information during the processing of these sentence types. Advanced L2 learners of English (native Swedish speakers) listened to English sentences with object-relative, subject-relative and finite complement clauses. READ MORE