Effects of markedness in gender processing in Italian as a heritage language: A speed accuracy tradeoff

This study examined potential sources of grammatical gender variability in heritage speakers (HSs) of Italian with a focus on morphological markedness. Fifty-four adult Italian HSs living in Germany and 40 homeland Italian speakers completed an online Self-Paced Reading Task and an offline Grammatic...

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Main Authors: Grazia Di Pisa, Maki Kubota, Jason Rothman, Theodoros Marinis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.965885/full