Working Memory Capacity and Semantic-Morphosyntactic Competition: A Comparison of L1 and L2 Sentence Processing
This study explored the competition between semantic and morphosyntactic processing in L1 and L2. In addition, the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and L2 semantic-morphosyntactic processing was scrutinized. To this purpose, 73 Persian learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL...
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| description | This study explored the competition between semantic and morphosyntactic processing in L1 and L2. In addition, the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and L2 semantic-morphosyntactic processing was scrutinized. To this purpose, 73 Persian learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) participated in an offline grammaticality judgment test (GJT), an L1 as well as an L2 semantically-primed test, and a WMC test. The results showed that L1 morphosyntactic processing was not affected by semantic priming. But, L2 morphosyntactic parsing decisions, irrespective of the participants’ WMC, was significantly influenced by semantic priming, indicating that L2 morphosyntactic knowledge in learners' interlanguage system might be shaky and subject to communicative aspects of input. Additionally, the findings revealed a significant relationship between the participants' WMC and their L2 semantic/morphosyntactic processing. The findings of the study provide some implications for foreign language teachers with regard to teaching morphosyntactic aspects of language and correcting morphosyntactic errors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a255eea93c34a4fa7e6a36055cde2eb2024-03-19T22:27:50ZengUniversity of TabrizJournal of English Language Teaching and Learning2251-79952676-68762022-05-011429799810.22034/elt.2022.50559.248114473Working Memory Capacity and Semantic-Morphosyntactic Competition: A Comparison of L1 and L2 Sentence ProcessingMohammad Hadi Mahmoodi0Hamidreza Sheykholmoluki1TEFL Department, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, IranTEFL Department, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, IranThis study explored the competition between semantic and morphosyntactic processing in L1 and L2. In addition, the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and L2 semantic-morphosyntactic processing was scrutinized. To this purpose, 73 Persian learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) participated in an offline grammaticality judgment test (GJT), an L1 as well as an L2 semantically-primed test, and a WMC test. The results showed that L1 morphosyntactic processing was not affected by semantic priming. But, L2 morphosyntactic parsing decisions, irrespective of the participants’ WMC, was significantly influenced by semantic priming, indicating that L2 morphosyntactic knowledge in learners' interlanguage system might be shaky and subject to communicative aspects of input. Additionally, the findings revealed a significant relationship between the participants' WMC and their L2 semantic/morphosyntactic processing. The findings of the study provide some implications for foreign language teachers with regard to teaching morphosyntactic aspects of language and correcting morphosyntactic errors.https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_14473_2dce99b8312f00264aebc6d68cad27ff.pdfmorphosyntactic processingsemantic primingsyntax-semantics interfaceworking memory capacity |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Hadi Mahmoodi Hamidreza Sheykholmoluki Working Memory Capacity and Semantic-Morphosyntactic Competition: A Comparison of L1 and L2 Sentence Processing Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning morphosyntactic processing semantic priming syntax-semantics interface working memory capacity |
| title | Working Memory Capacity and Semantic-Morphosyntactic Competition: A Comparison of L1 and L2 Sentence Processing |
| title_full | Working Memory Capacity and Semantic-Morphosyntactic Competition: A Comparison of L1 and L2 Sentence Processing |
| title_fullStr | Working Memory Capacity and Semantic-Morphosyntactic Competition: A Comparison of L1 and L2 Sentence Processing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Working Memory Capacity and Semantic-Morphosyntactic Competition: A Comparison of L1 and L2 Sentence Processing |
| title_short | Working Memory Capacity and Semantic-Morphosyntactic Competition: A Comparison of L1 and L2 Sentence Processing |
| title_sort | working memory capacity and semantic morphosyntactic competition a comparison of l1 and l2 sentence processing |
| topic | morphosyntactic processing semantic priming syntax-semantics interface working memory capacity |
| url | https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_14473_2dce99b8312f00264aebc6d68cad27ff.pdf |
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