| Título | Access to verb bias and plausibility information during syntactic processing in adult Spanish-English bilinguals |
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| Autores | ROMÁN FERNÁNDEZ, PATRICIA ELENA, Kaan, Edith , Dussias, Paola |
| Publicación externa | No |
| Medio | Biling.-Lang. Cogn. |
| Alcance | Article |
| Naturaleza | Científica |
| Cuartil JCR | 1 |
| Cuartil SJR | 1 |
| Impacto JCR | 3.6 |
| Impacto SJR | 1.208 |
| Web | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85119425386&doi=10.1017%2fS1366728921000924&partnerID=40&md5=46212d120a98d04968d421b65cc6a88d |
| Fecha de publicacion | 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. |
| Palabras clave | ambiguity resolution; DO/SC ambiguity; ERPs; event-related potentials; plausibility; second language processing; sentence comprehension; Spanish-English bilinguals; verb bias |
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