In the native speaker’s eye: Online processing of anomalous learner syntax

• Published in: Applied psycholinguistics Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 1 - 28
• Main Authors: Søby, Katrine Falcon, Milburn, Evelyn Arko, Kristensen, Line Burholt, Vulchanov, Valentin, Vulchanova, Mila
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Adverbials; Eye movements; Grammar; Grammatical subject; Grammaticality; Language; Language Attitudes; Language Processing; Morphology; Native Language; Native Speakers; Norwegian; Norwegian language; Original Article; Reading; Second language learning; Sentences; Syntactic processing; Syntax; Verbs; Word order; word order violation; syntactic anomalies; verb-second; learner language; verb-third; eye-tracking; sentence processing; Norwegian

How do native speakers process texts with anomalous learner syntax? Second-language learners of Norwegian, and other verb-second (V2) languages, frequently place the verb in third position (e.g., *Adverbial-Subject-Verb), although it is mandatory for the verb in these languages to appear in second p...