The Development of Formulaic Knowledge in Super-Advanced Chinese Language Learners: Evidence From Processing Accuracy, Speed, and Strategies.

ABSTRACT: The study examined the development of Chinese as a second language learners' formulaic knowledge through comparing the processing of Chinese idioms versus non-idiomatic formulaic sequences (FSs) by advanced-level learners (ALs), super-advanced learners (SLs), and native speakers (NSs). Using two phrase acceptability judgment tasks with and without think-aloud protocols, we collected data on participants' processing accuracy, processing speed, and processing strategies of reading the two types of FSs. Four processing patterns emerged from the analyses of the datasets. First, learners' processing accuracy and speed increased along with their proficiency. Second, learners' idiom processing ability was generally lower than that of non-idiom processing ability, but they demonstrated an improvin

SUBMITTER: Zheng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8928222 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature