Processing Chinese formulaic sequences in sentence context: a comparative study of native and non-native speakers
Abstract This study investigates the hypothesis of holistic processing of Chinese formulaic sequences within sentence contexts, examining the performance of both native and non-native speakers. A self-paced masking experiment was conducted to collect response times and gather quantitative sentence c...
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| description | Abstract This study investigates the hypothesis of holistic processing of Chinese formulaic sequences within sentence contexts, examining the performance of both native and non-native speakers. A self-paced masking experiment was conducted to collect response times and gather quantitative sentence context data for subsequent statistical analysis. The findings reveal that both native and non-native participants exhibited shorter response times for formulaic sequences compared to non-formulaic sequences. However, contextual effects were found to only impact the processing of formulaic sequences among non-native learners. The study concludes by emphasizing the importance of contextual effects in L2 teaching and highlighting the theoretical and pedagogical implications of the research on formulaic sequences in L2 usage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fff1d2abc42400b9b039dd5cf398d262023-11-26T12:38:53ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922023-09-011011910.1057/s41599-023-02137-4Processing Chinese formulaic sequences in sentence context: a comparative study of native and non-native speakersKen Chen0Lei Gu1Qiaoyan Bai2School of Chinese As A Second Language, Peking UniversitySchool of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityCollege of International Education, Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsAbstract This study investigates the hypothesis of holistic processing of Chinese formulaic sequences within sentence contexts, examining the performance of both native and non-native speakers. A self-paced masking experiment was conducted to collect response times and gather quantitative sentence context data for subsequent statistical analysis. The findings reveal that both native and non-native participants exhibited shorter response times for formulaic sequences compared to non-formulaic sequences. However, contextual effects were found to only impact the processing of formulaic sequences among non-native learners. The study concludes by emphasizing the importance of contextual effects in L2 teaching and highlighting the theoretical and pedagogical implications of the research on formulaic sequences in L2 usage.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02137-4 |
| spellingShingle | Ken Chen Lei Gu Qiaoyan Bai Processing Chinese formulaic sequences in sentence context: a comparative study of native and non-native speakers Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
| title | Processing Chinese formulaic sequences in sentence context: a comparative study of native and non-native speakers |
| title_full | Processing Chinese formulaic sequences in sentence context: a comparative study of native and non-native speakers |
| title_fullStr | Processing Chinese formulaic sequences in sentence context: a comparative study of native and non-native speakers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Processing Chinese formulaic sequences in sentence context: a comparative study of native and non-native speakers |
| title_short | Processing Chinese formulaic sequences in sentence context: a comparative study of native and non-native speakers |
| title_sort | processing chinese formulaic sequences in sentence context a comparative study of native and non native speakers |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02137-4 |
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