Chapter 2. The processing of case in intermediate L2 Spanish
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Jill Jegerski
Abstract
This self-paced reading study investigated the processing of case marking with the particle a in non-native Spanish. Experiment 1 tested online sensitivity to case marking on direct and indirect objects. Unlike native speakers, intermediate L2 learners showed effects only with indirect objects. For Experiment 2, direct objects were doubled with a preverbal clitic, to see if the addition was associated with more native-like processing, as has been shown in previous research with very advanced L2 learners (Jegerski, 2015). Again, online sensitivity to case marking was only observed with the ditransitive stimuli. Thus, clitic doubling only seems to make a difference at sufficiently high levels of proficiency, perhaps because of increasingly robust representations of grammatical forms in the developing L2 system.
Abstract
This self-paced reading study investigated the processing of case marking with the particle a in non-native Spanish. Experiment 1 tested online sensitivity to case marking on direct and indirect objects. Unlike native speakers, intermediate L2 learners showed effects only with indirect objects. For Experiment 2, direct objects were doubled with a preverbal clitic, to see if the addition was associated with more native-like processing, as has been shown in previous research with very advanced L2 learners (Jegerski, 2015). Again, online sensitivity to case marking was only observed with the ditransitive stimuli. Thus, clitic doubling only seems to make a difference at sufficiently high levels of proficiency, perhaps because of increasingly robust representations of grammatical forms in the developing L2 system.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface and acknowledgements vii
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Introduction
- Chapter 1. Input processing in second language acquisition 3
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Part I. Research on sentence processing
- Chapter 2. The processing of case in intermediate L2 Spanish 27
- Chapter 3. The processing of subject shifts in L2 Spanish 53
- Chapter 4. When more is better 125
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Part II. Research and perspectives on VanPatten’s model of input processing
- Chapter 5. VanPatten (1990)’s long and winding story and the nature of replication studies 153
- Chapter 6. Contextual effects in processing OVS constructions in Spanish 183
- Chapter 7. Multilevel input processing 201
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Part III. Research and perspectives on processing instruction
- Chapter 8. Trials-to-criterion as a methodological option to measure language processing in processing instruction 235
- Chapter 9. PI and the French causative and passive constructions 261
- Chapter 10. Why does processing instruction work? 295
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Conclusion
- Chapter 11. Online methods in research on input processing and processing instruction 327
- Index 357
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface and acknowledgements vii
-
Introduction
- Chapter 1. Input processing in second language acquisition 3
-
Part I. Research on sentence processing
- Chapter 2. The processing of case in intermediate L2 Spanish 27
- Chapter 3. The processing of subject shifts in L2 Spanish 53
- Chapter 4. When more is better 125
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Part II. Research and perspectives on VanPatten’s model of input processing
- Chapter 5. VanPatten (1990)’s long and winding story and the nature of replication studies 153
- Chapter 6. Contextual effects in processing OVS constructions in Spanish 183
- Chapter 7. Multilevel input processing 201
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Part III. Research and perspectives on processing instruction
- Chapter 8. Trials-to-criterion as a methodological option to measure language processing in processing instruction 235
- Chapter 9. PI and the French causative and passive constructions 261
- Chapter 10. Why does processing instruction work? 295
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Conclusion
- Chapter 11. Online methods in research on input processing and processing instruction 327
- Index 357
