The use of case marking for predictive processing in second language Japanese

• Published in: Bilingualism (Cambridge, England) Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 19 - 35
• Main Authors: MITSUGI, SANAKO, MACWHINNEY, BRIAN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Case marking; Cognition & reasoning; Cues; English language; Eye movements; Handbooks; Japanese; Japanese language; Language; Language Processing; Linguistics; Monolingualism; Morphosyntax; Native speakers; Nonnative speakers; Nouns; Second Languages; Semantics; Sentences; Studies; Syntactic processing; Syntax; Verbs; Word Order

Research on processing in English has shown that verb information facilitates predictive processing. Because Japanese verbs occur at the ends of clauses, this information cannot be used to predict the roles of preceding nominals. Kamide, Altmann and Haywood (2003) showed that native Japanese speaker...