Grammatical aspect and L2 learners’ online processing of temporarily ambiguous sentences in English A self-paced reading study with German, Dutch and French L2 learners

• Published in: Second language research Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 619 - 647
• Main Authors: Roberts, Leah, Liszka, Sarah Ann
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England Sage Publications, Inc 01.10.2021; SAGE Publications; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Advanced Students; Ambiguity; Ambiguity (Semantics); College Students; Comprehension; Contrastive Linguistics; Dutch language; English (Second Language); English as a second language learning; English proficiency; Foreign Countries; French; French language; German; German language; Grammar; Grammatical aspect; Indo European Languages; Language Processing; Language Proficiency; Metalinguistic awareness; Metalinguistics; Morphemes; Native Language; Native Speakers; Parsing; Reading Comprehension; Reading Processes; Reading Rate; Reading Research; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Sentence Structure; Sentences; Task Analysis; Transfer of Training; Verbs; United Kingdom; Netherlands; France; Germany; cross-linguistic influence; reading comprehension; grammatical aspect; L2 sentence processing; subject–object ambiguities; online comprehension; self-paced reading

The results of a self-paced reading study with advanced German, Dutch and French second language (L2) learners of English showed that their online comprehension of early closure (EC) sentences which are initially misanalysed by native English speakers (e.g. While John hunted the frightened rabbit es...