Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners

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Autor(a) principal: Mendonça Carneiro, Marisa
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (Online)
Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/article/view/11101
Resumo: Adult learners of English as an additional language (EAL) are unlikely to reach native-like proficiency in using inflectional morphemes such as third person singular -s and regular past. One possible explanation is that bilinguals are not sensitive to inflectional morphemes in comprehension tasks as evidenced by longer latencies at critical positions in reaction time experiments, when compared to native controls. The objective of this paper is to investigate whether Brazilian EAL bilinguals are sensitive to regular past morphology in a self-paced reading task. Sentences varied on the use or absence of inflectional morphemes. The analysis showed that EAL speakers are not sensitive to past morphology. The results are discussed in light of Distributed Morphology and of previous studies on production and processing of inflectional morphemes.
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spelling Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learnersInvestigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learnersBilingual processing; self-paced reading; inflectional morphology; Distributed MorphologyAdult learners of English as an additional language (EAL) are unlikely to reach native-like proficiency in using inflectional morphemes such as third person singular -s and regular past. One possible explanation is that bilinguals are not sensitive to inflectional morphemes in comprehension tasks as evidenced by longer latencies at critical positions in reaction time experiments, when compared to native controls. The objective of this paper is to investigate whether Brazilian EAL bilinguals are sensitive to regular past morphology in a self-paced reading task. Sentences varied on the use or absence of inflectional morphemes. The analysis showed that EAL speakers are not sensitive to past morphology. The results are discussed in light of Distributed Morphology and of previous studies on production and processing of inflectional morphemes.Adult learners of English as an additional language (EAL) are unlikely to reach native-like proficiency in using inflectional morphemes such as third person singular -s and regular past. One possible explanation is that bilinguals are not sensitive to inflectional morphemes in comprehension tasks as evidenced by longer latencies at critical positions in reaction time experiments, when compared to native controls. The objective of this paper is to investigate whether Brazilian EAL bilinguals are sensitive to regular past morphology in a self-paced reading task. Sentences varied on the use or absence of inflectional morphemes. The analysis showed that EAL speakers are not sensitive to past morphology. The results are discussed in light of Distributed Morphology and of previous studies on production and processing of inflectional morphemes.Faculdade de Letras - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisCAPESMendonça Carneiro, Marisa2017-11-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/article/view/11101Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada; Vol 17, No 3 (2017)Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada; Vol 17, No 3 (2017)Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada; Vol 17, No 3 (2017)1984-63981676-0786reponame:Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (Online)instname:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)instacron:UFMGenghttp://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/article/view/11101/10742http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/article/downloadSuppFile/11101/1298Copyright (c) 2017 Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicadainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2017-11-01T12:07:29Zoai:periodicos.letras.ufmg.br:article/11101Revistahttp://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/indexPUBhttp://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/oairblasecretaria@gmail.com||periodicosfaleufmg@gmail.com1984-63981676-0786opendoar:2017-11-01T12:07:29Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (Online) - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners
Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners
title Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners
spellingShingle Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners
Mendonça Carneiro, Marisa
Bilingual processing; self-paced reading; inflectional morphology; Distributed Morphology
title_short Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners
title_full Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners
title_fullStr Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners
title_full_unstemmed Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners
title_sort Investigating bilinguals’ sensitivity to English regular past morphology: A self-paced reading experiment with Brazilian learners
author Mendonça Carneiro, Marisa
author_facet Mendonça Carneiro, Marisa
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Bilingual processing; self-paced reading; inflectional morphology; Distributed Morphology
topic Bilingual processing; self-paced reading; inflectional morphology; Distributed Morphology
description Adult learners of English as an additional language (EAL) are unlikely to reach native-like proficiency in using inflectional morphemes such as third person singular -s and regular past. One possible explanation is that bilinguals are not sensitive to inflectional morphemes in comprehension tasks as evidenced by longer latencies at critical positions in reaction time experiments, when compared to native controls. The objective of this paper is to investigate whether Brazilian EAL bilinguals are sensitive to regular past morphology in a self-paced reading task. Sentences varied on the use or absence of inflectional morphemes. The analysis showed that EAL speakers are not sensitive to past morphology. The results are discussed in light of Distributed Morphology and of previous studies on production and processing of inflectional morphemes.
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