How Do French–English Bilinguals Pull Verb Particle Constructions Off? Factors Influencing Second Language Processing of Unfamiliar Structures at the Syntax-Semantics Interface

How Do French–English Bilinguals Pull Verb Particle Constructions Off? Factors Influencing Second Language Processing of Unfamiliar Structures at the Syntax-Semantics Interface

An important challenge in bilingualism research is to understand the mechanisms underlying sentence processing in a second language and whether they are comparable to those underlying native processing. Here, we focus on verb-particle constructions (VPCs) that are among the most difficult elements t...

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Main Authors: Alexandre C. Herbay, Laura M. Gonnerman, Shari R. Baum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
second language sentence processing
syntax-semantic interface
working memory
lexical knowledge
phrasal verbs
verb-particle constructions
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01885/full

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