The Influence of Verb-Based Implicit Causality Information and Second Language Proficiency on Chinese English Learners’ Pronoun Anaphoric Inference: Evidence from Eye Movements
Huan Liu, Shifa Chen, Ruiyong Liu, Huinan Du, Marco Calabria · 2024
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Huan Liu leads a team on verb cues and pronoun inference in second language use. Their study from twenty twenty-four uses Chinese learners of English. Eye moves were tracked as they read test sentences.
Some verbs hint who caused an act in a sentence. Learners used those hints to guess pronoun links early. Strong learners made those guesses faster than weak learners. The hints were used before the clear clue showed in text. That backs a focusing account of how reading works. Skill level shapes the speed of this process.
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| CREATOR | Huan Liu, Shifa Chen, Ruiyong Liu, Huinan Du, Marco Calabria |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 86 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |