Chinese comprehenders' interpretation of underinformativeness in L1 and L2 accented speech narratives.

ABSTRACT: Second language (L2) speakers with foreign accents are well-known to face disadvantages in terms of language processing; however, recent research has demonstrated possible social benefits for foreign-accented L2 speakers. While previous research has focused on the ways in which first language (L1) speakers of English comprehend L2 speech, the present article contributes to this line of research by exploring the ways in which comprehenders from a different culture and linguistic background perceive L2 speech narratives. This study investigates this issue by exploring how comprehenders with Mandarin Chinese as the first language interpret underinformative utterances containing scalar and ad hoc implicature in L1, accent-free L2, and foreign-accented L2 speech narratives. The sentence judgmen

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9900116 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature