• Determiner-Number Specification and Non-Local Agreement Computation in L1 and L2 Processing 

      Cheng, Yesi; Rothman, Jason; Cunnings, Ian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-24)
      The present study employed a self-paced reading task in conjunction with concurrent acceptability judgements to examine how similar or diferent English natives and Chinese learners of English are when processing non-local agreement. We also tested how determiner-number specifcation modulates number agreement computation in both native and non-native processing by manipulating number marking with ...
    • DOUBLE-NUMBER MARKING MATTERS for BOTH L1 and L2 PROCESSING of NONLOCAL AGREEMENT SIMILARLY: AN ERP INVESTIGATION 

      Cheng, Yesi; Cunnings, Ian; Miller, David; Rothman, Jason (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-12-07)
      The present study uses event-related potentials (ERPs) to examine nonlocal agreement processing between native (L1) English speakers and Chinese–English second language (L2) learners, whose L1 lacks number agreement. We manipulated number marking with determiners (the vs. that/these) to see how determiner-specification influences both native and nonnative processing downstream for verbal number ...