ACQUIRING L2 PRONOUN INTERPRETATION BIASES IMPLICIT LEARNING AT THE DISCOURSE LEVEL IN L2 ENGLISH

• Published in: Studies in second language acquisition Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 210 - 227
• Main Authors: Contemori, Carla, Mossman, Sabrina, Ramos, Alba K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Cambridge University Press 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Adult Basic Education; Adult learning; Adult students; Bias; Comprehension; English (Second Language); English as a second language learning; English proficiency; Form Classes (Languages); Grammatical subject; Interference (Language); Language acquisition; Language Classification; Language Processing; Language Proficiency; Language Tests; Learning Processes; Linguistics; Native Language; Optionality (Grammar); Preferences; Pretests Posttests; Priming; Pro drop parameter; Pronouns; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Semantics; Sentence Structure; Spanish; Spanish language; Task Analysis; Teaching Methods
• ISSN: 0272-2631; 1470-1545
• DOI: 10.1017/S0272263121000152

Learners of a nonnull subject language (e.g., English) whose first language (L1) is a null subject language (e.g., Spanish) can show some optionality in the interpretation of overt subject pronouns in the second language (L2). By exposing L2 learners to nativelike interpretations of pronouns in disc...