| Title |
Access to verb bias and plausibility information during syntactic processing in adult Spanish-English bilinguals |
| Authors |
ROMÁN FERNÁNDEZ, PATRICIA ELENA, Kaan, Edith , Dussias, Paola |
| External publication |
No |
| Means |
Bilingualism |
| Scope |
Article |
| Nature |
Científica |
| JCR Quartile |
1 |
| SJR Quartile |
1 |
| JCR Impact |
3.60000 |
| SJR Impact |
1.20800 |
| Web |
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85119425386&doi=10.1017%2fS1366728921000924&partnerID=40&md5=46212d120a98d04968d421b65cc6a88d |
| Publication date |
01/05/2022 |
| ISI |
000743797600001 |
| Scopus Id |
2-s2.0-85119425386 |
| DOI |
10.1017/S1366728921000924 |
| Abstract |
In two experiments, we examine how proficient second language speakers integrate verb bias and plausibility information during online sentence comprehension. Spanish-English speakers and native English speakers read sentences in English in which a post-verbal noun phrase (NP) could be interpreted as a direct object or a sentential subject. To examine the role of verb bias, the post-verbal NP was preceded by a verb that is preferentially followed by a direct object (DO-bias verbs) or a sentential complement (SC-bias verbs). To assess the role of plausibility, the semantic fit between the verb and the post-verbal NP was either congruent or incongruent with the direct object interpretation. The results show that both second language speakers and native speakers used verb bias information to assign a grammatical role to the post-verbal ambiguous NP with small differences. Syntactic revision of an initially incorrect DO interpretation was facilitated by the presence of an implausible NP. © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press. |
| Keywords |
ambiguity resolution; DO/SC ambiguity; ERPs; event-related potentials; plausibility; second language processing; sentence comprehension; Spanish-English bilinguals; verb bias |
| Universidad Loyola members |
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