The timing versus resource problem in nonnative sentence processing: Evidence from a time-frequency analysis of anaphora resolution in successive wh-movement in native and nonnative speakers of French.

ABSTRACT: Nonnative processing has been argued to reflect either reduced processing capacity or delayed timing of structural analysis compared to the extraction of lexical/semantic information. The current study simultaneously investigates timing and resource allocation through a time-frequency analysis of the intrinsic neural activity during syntactic processing in native and English-speaking nonnative speakers of French. It involved structurally constrained anaphora resolution in bi-clausal wh-filler-gap dependencies such as Quelle décision à propos de lui est-ce que Paul a dit que Lydie avait rejetée sans hésitation? 'Which decision about him did Paul say that Lydie rejected without hesitation?'. We tested the hypothesis that nonnative speakers may allocate greater resources than native speakers

SUBMITTER: Dekydtspotter L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879400 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature