Yan-Xin Zhu

L1 word order does not modulate predictive use of dative verb constraints in L2 Mandarin

This study investigates cross-linguistic influence in L2 prediction: specifically, the hypothesis that first language (L1) speakers of a verb-final language are less likely to use verb information for real-time prediction in a verb-medial (SVO) second language (L2; Şafak & Hopp, 2023 ). Two groups of L2 learner...