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- Title
EFEITOS DE INTERFERÊNCIA BASEADA EM SEMELHANÇAS NO PROCESSAMENTO ANAFÓRICO DE BRASILEIROS FALANTES DE INGLÊS COMO L2.
- Authors
de Almeida Barbosa, Matheus
- Abstract
The purpose of this article is to investigate how Brazilian speakers of English as L2 process anaphors in English, seeking to find out if these subjects are guided by syntax from the initial processing moment, or if they make use of information of other sources, especially semanticlexical, to identify the possible antecedent of the anaphor. For this, we conducted a self-paced reading experiment, which showed differences between intermediate and advanced proficiency level subjects. In the first group, there was a facilitation of reading when the gender cues of both antecedents matched the gender cue of the anaphora. For the advanced group, the results indicated that the processing is facilitated when at least one of the antecedents matches the gender cue of the anaphor. These results are consistent with L2 processing models that advocate incomplete access to syntax, prioritizing the use of semanticlexical and pragmatic information for anaphoric resolution (CLAHSEN & FELSER, 2006, 2017). In addition, although it does not fit perfectly into any similarity-based interference model, the results are indicative of proposals that address retrieval interference in working memory.
- Subjects
BILINGUALISM
- Publication
Ilha do Desterro: A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English & Cultural Studies, 2023, Vol 76, Issue 3, p117
- ISSN
0101-4846
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5007/2175-8026.2023.e94525