| Presentation | 2009-07-18 Processing Japanese subject and object relative clauses by advanced learners : Comparison with native speakers by a whole-sentence reading experiment Baris KAHRAMAN, Atsushi SATO, Mariko KOIDE, Mariko UNO, Miwa TAKEMURA, Hiromu SAKAI, |
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| Abstract(in English) | Previous studies have shown that subject relative clauses (SRCs) are easier to process than object relative clauses (ORCs) in Japanese both for native speakers and elementary learners. They argued that the results can be explained by the Structural Distance Hypothesis (SDH). In the present study, we conducted a whole-sentence reading experiment, with advanced Chinese-speaking learners (CLJ; N=21) and native speakers of Japanese (NSJ; N=24) as participants. We examined whether SDH can accurately predict the processing difficulty of SRCs and ORCs for advanced learners. Results revealed that CLJ read SRCs faster than ORCs, whereas NSJ read ORCs faster than SRCs. This indicates that SDH can predict processing difficulty even for advanced learners, but that processing difficulty might vary depending on the task type. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Japanese / Second language / Relative clause processing / Structural Distance Hypothesis / Subject relative clauses / Object relative clauses / Whole-sentence reading experiment |
| Paper # | TL2009-18 |
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| Conference Date | 2009/7/11(1days) |
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| Language | ENG |
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| Title (in English) | Processing Japanese subject and object relative clauses by advanced learners : Comparison with native speakers by a whole-sentence reading experiment |
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| Keyword(1) | Japanese |
| Keyword(2) | Second language |
| Keyword(3) | Relative clause processing |
| Keyword(4) | Structural Distance Hypothesis |
| Keyword(5) | Subject relative clauses |
| Keyword(6) | Object relative clauses |
| Keyword(7) | Whole-sentence reading experiment |
| 1st Author's Name | Baris KAHRAMAN |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Atsushi SATO |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University |
| 3rd Author's Name | Mariko KOIDE |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University |
| 4th Author's Name | Mariko UNO |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University |
| 5th Author's Name | Miwa TAKEMURA |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University |
| 6th Author's Name | Hiromu SAKAI |
| 6th Author's Affiliation | Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University |
| Date | 2009-07-18 |
| Paper # | TL2009-18 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.109 |
| Number (no) | 140 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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