Sentence Processing Among Native vs. Nonnative Speakers: Implications for Critical Period Hypothesis
(ندگان)پدیدآور
Nezakat-Alhossaini, MarziehYouhanaee, ManijehMoinzadeh, Ahmadنوع مدرک
TextResearch Article
زبان مدرک
Englishچکیده
The present study intended to investigate the processing behavior of 2 groups of L2 learners of English (high and mid in proficiency) and a group of English native speakers on English active and passive reduced relative clauses. Three sets of tasks, an offline task, and 2 online tasks were conducted. Results revealed that the high-proficiency group's performance was the same as that of the native group in all the 3 tests in terms of accuracy and processing behavior. Accordingly, it was concluded that proficient L2 learners can achieve native-like performance. Also, opposed to maturational propositions on adult L2 learning following the critical period hypothesis, the high-proficiency participants showed native-like behavior on the L2 structures. We suggest that the amount of exposure to an L2 can be a defining factor for L2 learners to perform in a native-like manner.
کلید واژگان
Sentence ProcessingReduced Relative Clauses
Native/Nonnative Speakers
Online/Offline Tasks
Critical Period Hypothesis
شماره نشریه
2تاریخ نشر
2014-11-011393-08-10
ناشر
Shahid Chamran University of Ahvazسازمان پدید آورنده
University of IsfahanUniversity of Isfahan
University of Isfahan
شاپا
2345-33032588-3887