Subject-verb dependency formation and semantic interference in native and non-native language comprehension

• Published in: Applied psycholinguistics Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 81 - 109
• Main Authors: Fujita, Hiroki, Cunnings, Ian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Cambridge University Press 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Comprehension; Cues; Grammatical agreement; Grammatical number; Grammatical subject; Grammaticality; Language; Language Processing; Linguistic interference; Memory; Multilingualism; Native language; Second languages; Semantics; Sentences; Verbs

Differences between native (L1) and non-native (L2) comprehension have been debated. This study explores whether a source of potential L1/L2 differences lies in susceptibility to memory-based interference during dependency formation. Interference effects are known to occur in sentences like The key...