| Presentation | 2019-07-27 Island constraints in L2 English sentence comprehension by Japanese speakers Itsuki Minemi, Yuki Hirose, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | Previous studies have proposed that typological differences between speakers’ first (L1) and second languages (L2), such as wh-dependency type (wh-movement/-in-situ) or word order (SVO/SOV), induce insensitivity to syntactic constraints called “islands” in the L2 sentence comprehension [1]. This study tested this hypothesis by examining whether Japanese learners respect island constraints during the comprehension of English. Two self-paced reading experiments demonstrated that learners are sensitive to island constraints in processing relative clauses (RCs) and wh-dependencies in English. This study suggests that L2 learners of English construct a highly detailed structural representation and respect syntactic constraints during L2 comprehension. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Sentence Comprehension / Second Language / English / Filler-Gap Dependencies / Syntactic Constraints |
| Paper # | TL2019-10 |
| Date of Issue | 2019-07-20 (TL) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2019/7/27(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Hirao Seminar House, Konan University |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Human Language Processing and Learning |
| Chair | Hiroshi Sano(Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Studies) |
| Vice Chair | Tadahisa Kondo(Kogakuin Univ.) / Kazuhiro Takeuchi(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.) |
| Secretary | Tadahisa Kondo(Kobe Gakuin Univ.) / Kazuhiro Takeuchi(Kyoto Inst. of Tech.) |
| Assistant | Nobuyuki Jincho(Miidas Co. Ltd.) / Akinori Takada(Ferris Univ.) / Akio Ishikawa(KDDI Research) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Thought and Language |
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| Language | ENG-JTITLE |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Island constraints in L2 English sentence comprehension by Japanese speakers |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | Sentence Comprehension |
| Keyword(2) | Second Language |
| Keyword(3) | English |
| Keyword(4) | Filler-Gap Dependencies |
| Keyword(5) | Syntactic Constraints |
| 1st Author's Name | Itsuki Minemi |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | The University of Tokyo(UT) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Yuki Hirose |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | The University of Tokyo(UT) |
| Date | 2019-07-27 |
| Paper # | TL2019-10 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.119 |
| Number (no) | TL-151 |
| Page | pp.pp.1-6(TL), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2019-07-20 (TL) |