| Presentation | 2017-07-22 L2ers' acquisition of unique-to-L2 constructions through implicit learning Panpan Yao, |
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| Abstract(in English) | In order to explore late L2ers’ acquisition of unique-to-L2 constructions which can only be acquired through implicit learning, a Visual World Paradigm (VWP) is conducted on 30 high proficiency late Dutch-Mandarin learners (L2ers) and 30 native Mandarin speakers (L1ers). In the current study, nominal phrases have three conditions: C1 [Num+Cl+N] as the base line, C2 [Num+Cl+Adj+N], and C3 [Num+Adj+Cl+N]. Both typical count nouns and mass nouns were used and matched on their lexical frequency and first syllable. Four pictures presented in each trial: P1 with mass objects in the Adj-consistent size, P2 with individual count objects, P3 with groups/portions of count objects, and P4 with mass objects in the Adj-inconsistent size. Participants were asked to choose one out of the four pictures presented on a screen based on the instructions from the headphones (‘From following pictures, please choose + NP’). The changes of their fixation proportions in each picture along the input of NPs were analysed. The results show that even though slower than L1ers, late L2ers can on-line use the unique-to-L2 structures to build anticipations: the Adj-Cl order evoked mass/plural-preferred anticipations before the onset of the nouns on both L1ers and L2ers. The findings support the Competition Model that late L2ers can eventually acquire unique-to-L2 constructions. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | Visual World Paradigmlate L2 acquisitionL2 processingmass/count distinctionclassifiers |
| Paper # | TL2017-18 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-07-15 (TL) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | TL |
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| Conference Date | 2017/7/22(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | NINJAL |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Human Language Processing and Learning |
| Chair | Masami Suzuki(KDDI Research) |
| Vice Chair | Tadahisa Kondo(Kogakuin Univ.) / Chiaki Kubomura(Yamano College of Aesthetics) |
| Secretary | Tadahisa Kondo(Kobe Gakuin Univ.) / Chiaki Kubomura(Kyoto Univ.) |
| Assistant | Nobuyuki Jincho(Waseda Univ.) / Noriaki Takada(Ferris Univ.) |
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| Registration To | Technical Committee on Thought and Language |
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| Language | ENG |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | L2ers' acquisition of unique-to-L2 constructions through implicit learning |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | Visual World Paradigmlate L2 acquisitionL2 processingmass/count distinctionclassifiers |
| 1st Author's Name | Panpan Yao |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Queen Mary University of London(Queen Mary Univ. of London) |
| Date | 2017-07-22 |
| Paper # | TL2017-18 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.117 |
| Number (no) | TL-149 |
| Page | pp.pp.25-30(TL), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2017-07-15 (TL) |