- Dilbilim
- Issue: 29
- PROCESSING ASYMMETRY BETWEEN SUBJECT AND OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSES IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
PROCESSING ASYMMETRY BETWEEN SUBJECT AND OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSES IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
Authors : Talat Bulut, Hüseyin Uysal, Denise Hsien WU
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Publication Date : 2016-12-26
Article Type : Research
Abstract :ORCs are generally found to be more difficult than SRCs in L1 English processing literature. This eye-tracking study tests this asymmetry in L2 English in terms of reading patterns and accuracy, and reports longer overall reading times, regressions and lower comprehension accuracy for ORCs. This indicates processing ORCs is more difficult for L2 English speakers with L1 Turkish. The incremental processing of the RCs by L2 speakers reflects delayed effects of difficulty, contrasting with previous findings in L1 literature. The findings provide further evidence for the processing disadvantage posed by ORCs, and highlight the differences between L1 and L2 processing dynamics.Keywords : language processing, relative clause, SLA, parsing, eye-tracking