Second language learners
interpretation of reflexive anaphora in VP-ellipsis: A relevance theory perspective  

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Ying, H.G.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 27 no. 5 (2005), page 551-570.
Fulltext: 27_05_Ying.pdf (175.18KB)

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Twenty-eight intermediate and 22 advanced L2 learners (the experimental groups) and 20 native speakers of English (the control group) participated in a study that investigated second language learners
interpretation of reflexives in the VP-elliptical sentences. Seventeen experimental sentences in a null context, 17 experimental sentences followed by a referential context favoring the ‘‘strict’’ reading interpretation, 17 experimental sentences followed by a non-referential context not favoring the ‘‘strict’’ reading interpretation, and 51 filler items were presented to the participants using a judgment task in which each sentence is followed by two alternative interpretations [Frazier, L.,&Clifton,C. (2000)On bound variables interpretations: The LF-only hypothesis. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 29, 125–139]. The results indicate that adult L2 learners
interpretation of such construction in Englishwas constrained by theminimal processing cost and contextual effects of Relevance Theory (RT). They interpreted the reflexive in a null context ‘‘sloppily’’, indicating the constraints of the minimal processing cost of RT. The contextual effects of RT were shown in their ‘‘strict’’ reading of the reflexive in a referential context.

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