Sep 2026· Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism· 0 citations· 25 references
Abstract
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 learners of
Mandarin (L1 English, SVO; L1 Japanese/Korean, SOV) participated in a visual world eye-tracking experiment to measure their
anticipatory fixations on upcoming arguments following dative verbs with categorical or gradient constraints. Results indicate
both groups made predictive use of categorical constraints of non-alternating verbs, with no evident between-group differences.
Following alternating verbs with gradient constraints, both groups showed a general predictive bias for prepositional dative
constructions. These findings indicate that lack of experience with verb-based prediction in the L1 is not a hinderance to
predictive use of verb-based cues in an L2.
Cross-linguistic transfer accounts predict that second language (L2) learners benefit from structural overlap between their native language (L1) and L2, while the accessibility–complexity–efficiency model proposes that L2 learners rely on accessible cues to maintain efficiency when processing non-canonical structures w...
Wan-Yu Zhang, Qi Yang, Hui Zhang· Second Language Research· 0 citations
Studies on second language acquisition suggest that clitic pronouns are challenging syntactic elements for L2ers
to acquire. This study examines the acquisition of Italian accusative clitics by Spanish and Swedish L2ers. Extending
Romano’s (2020)
research on Swedish speakers, it employs an oral structural primin...
Andrea Calpe-Álvarez, Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes, Marta Rivera Zurita et al.· Journal of Second Language S...· 0 citations
Discourse-information structure has been found to shape the realization of verb argument structure. This study investigates the effects of grammatical roles, information status, and animacy of verb arguments on verb argument realization in the speech of Mandarin-speaking children, in comparison with that of their careg...
Understanding how cross-linguistic influence (CLI) operates in multilingual comprehension is central to theories of grammatical representation, yet it remains unclear whether influence from the first language (L1) and second language (L2) is engaged uniformly across different processing contexts. This study addresses...
B. van Osch, M. Anderssen, N. Mitrofanova et al.· Second Language Research· 0 citations
Previous studies on sentence production have shown that the accessibility of a referent in the speaker's mind influences the syntactic structure selected during utterance planning. The present study investigated how the effect of referent accessibility on structural choice during sentence production is influenced by la...
Swati Kushwaha, Niharika Singh· Language and Speech· 0 citations
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