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Second-language learners quickly detect English syntactic violations, with sensitivity depending on cue strength, not native language. Little cross-language transfer was observed in processing these word order errors.

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  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Understanding how second-language (L2) learners process syntactic structures is crucial for language acquisition theories.
  • The Unified Competition Model (UCM) posits that cue validity and strength influence language processing.
  • Investigating L2 syntactic violation processing can reveal insights into cross-linguistic influence and cognitive mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how L2 English learners, specifically native Arabic and Mandarin Chinese speakers, process syntactic violations.
  • To test predictions of the Unified Competition Model regarding cue strength and number in violation detection.
  • To determine if native language grammatical properties influence L2 syntactic processing and if cross-language transfer occurs.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized eye-tracking to monitor participants' real-time processing of English sentences.
  • Employed grammaticality judgment tasks to assess explicit understanding of sentence correctness.
  • Compared L2 learners (native Arabic, native Mandarin Chinese) with monolingual English controls.

Main Results:

  • All participant groups showed rapid sensitivity to syntactic violations.
  • Sensitivity to violations correlated with the number and strength of ungrammaticality cues, supporting the UCM.
  • Little evidence of cross-language transfer effects was found in either eye movements or grammaticality judgments.

Conclusions:

  • L2 syntactic processing is primarily driven by cue-based mechanisms, aligning with the UCM, irrespective of the learner's native language.
  • The findings suggest that native language background does not significantly impact the initial processing of syntactic violations in L2 English.
  • The lack of observed cross-language transfer indicates that L2 syntactic processing may rely on language-specific or universal processing strategies rather than direct transfer from the L1.