Unpacking L2 explicit linguistic knowledge and online processing of the English modals may and can: A comparison of acceptability judgments and self-paced reading

• Published in: Studies in second language acquisition Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 741 - 768
• Main Authors: Mifka-Profozic, Nadia, O’Reilly, David, Lovrovic, Leonarda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.07.2024

The present study uses self-paced reading as a measure of online processing and an acceptability judgement task as a measure of offline explicit linguistic knowledge, to understand L2 learners’ comprehension processes and their awareness of subtle differences between the modal auxiliaries may and ca...