Structural priming in L2 Turkish
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Gözde Mercan
Abstract
Structural priming is the facilitation in the processing of a linguistic form due to repetition (Bock 1986). This study investigates structural priming in second language (L2) acquisition of Turkish in relation to the representation of L2 grammar. The linguistic structures investigated are possessive noun phrases (NPs) and noun clauses with nominalized verbs, which share the same external genitive-possessive morpho-syntax in Turkish. Adult L2 learners first read prime sentences, and then completed target fragments. Overall, they produced more possessive NPs than noun clauses. Crucially, they produced more possessive NPs after reading NP primes, and more noun clauses following noun clause primes. This suggests that L2 learners have two distinct mental representations for these structures, rather than a single, unspecified one.
Abstract
Structural priming is the facilitation in the processing of a linguistic form due to repetition (Bock 1986). This study investigates structural priming in second language (L2) acquisition of Turkish in relation to the representation of L2 grammar. The linguistic structures investigated are possessive noun phrases (NPs) and noun clauses with nominalized verbs, which share the same external genitive-possessive morpho-syntax in Turkish. Adult L2 learners first read prime sentences, and then completed target fragments. Overall, they produced more possessive NPs than noun clauses. Crucially, they produced more possessive NPs after reading NP primes, and more noun clauses following noun clause primes. This suggests that L2 learners have two distinct mental representations for these structures, rather than a single, unspecified one.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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PART I. The acquisition of L2 phonology
- Acquisition of L2 Turkish prosody 19
- Decreasing dependence on orthography in phonological development 49
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PART II. The acquisition of L2 morpho-syntax
- The acquisition of TAM markers in L2 Turkish 75
- The causative/inchoative morphology in L2 Turkish under the Feature Reassembly Approach 107
- Someone judges every sentence 135
- Syntax/semantics/pragmatics of yes/no question in second language Turkish 165
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PART III. The acquisition of L2 discourse/pragmatics
- Cross-linguistic effects in the use of suggestion formulas by L2 Turkish learners 195
- Explicit apologies in L2 Turkish 221
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PART IV. The processing of L2 morpho-syntax
- Processing morphology in L2 Turkish 251
- Non-native syntactic processing of Case and Agreement 281
- Structural priming in L2 Turkish 313
- Conclusion 333
- Index 347
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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PART I. The acquisition of L2 phonology
- Acquisition of L2 Turkish prosody 19
- Decreasing dependence on orthography in phonological development 49
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PART II. The acquisition of L2 morpho-syntax
- The acquisition of TAM markers in L2 Turkish 75
- The causative/inchoative morphology in L2 Turkish under the Feature Reassembly Approach 107
- Someone judges every sentence 135
- Syntax/semantics/pragmatics of yes/no question in second language Turkish 165
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PART III. The acquisition of L2 discourse/pragmatics
- Cross-linguistic effects in the use of suggestion formulas by L2 Turkish learners 195
- Explicit apologies in L2 Turkish 221
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PART IV. The processing of L2 morpho-syntax
- Processing morphology in L2 Turkish 251
- Non-native syntactic processing of Case and Agreement 281
- Structural priming in L2 Turkish 313
- Conclusion 333
- Index 347
