Chinese EFL learners different from English natives in cataphora resolution: Evidence from eye-tracking studies

Chinese EFL learners different from English natives in cataphora resolution: Evidence from eye-tracking studies

Previous studies on English natives have shown that encountering an English cataphoric pronoun triggers an active search for its antecedent and this searching process is modulated by syntactic constraints. It remains unknown whether the conclusion is universal to EFL (English as a Foreign Language)...

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Main Authors: Tao Wang, Mingyao Geng, Yue Wang, Min Zhao, Tongquan Zhou, Yiming Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
cataphora resolution
Chinese EFL learners
active search mechanism
L2 proficiency
eye-tracking
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1126673/full

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