Bilingual sentence processing : relative clause attachment in English and Spanish / Eva M. Fernandez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernández, Eva M.

Series:

Language acquisition & language disorders ; v. 29.

Language acquisition & language disorders, 0925-0123 ; v. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bilingualism--Psychological aspects.

Bilingualism.

English language--Relative clauses.

English language.

Spanish language--Relative clauses.

Spanish language.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The cross-linguistic differences documented in studies of relative clause attachment offer an invaluable opportunity to examine a particular aspect of bilingual sentence processing: Do bilinguals process their two languages as if they were monolingual speakers of each? This volume provides a review of existing research on relative clause attachment, showing that speakers of languages like English attach relative clauses differently than do speakers of languages like Spanish. Fernández reports the findings of an investigation with monolinguals and bilinguals, tested using speeded ("on-line") and unspeeded ("off-line") methodology, with materials in both English and Spanish. The experiments reveal similarities across the groups when the procedure is speeded, but differences with unspeeded questionnaires: The monolinguals replicate the standard cross-linguistic differences, while bilinguals have language-independent preferences determined by language dominance - bilinguals process stimuli in either of their languages according to the general preferences of monolinguals of their dominant language.

Contents:

Bilingual Sentence Processing

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Contents

List of tables

List of figures

List of appendixes

Abstract

Foreword

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Cross-linguistic differences in sentence processing

Chapter 3. Language dependency and bilingual sentence processing

Chapter 4. Materials evaluation: Quality control for experimental sentences

Chapter 5. Monolingual experimental data on relative clause attachment preferences

Chapter 6. Bilingual experimental data on relative clause attachment preferences

Chapter 7. Conclusions

Appendixes

References

Author index

Subject index

The series LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-284) and index.

ISBN:

9786612161421

9781282161429

1282161423

9789027296788

9027296782

OCLC:

70769504