Processing Transfer: Language-Specific Processing Strategies as a Source of Interlanguage Variation.

Harrington, Michael

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Publication Date: 1987

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Processing Transfer: Language-Specific Processing Strategies as a Source of Interlanguage Variation.

Harrington, Michael

Applied Psycholinguistics, v8 n4 p351-77 Dec 1987

A sentence interpretation experiment conducted with university-age native English speakers, Japanese English as a second language (ESL) speakers, and native Japanese speakers (N=12 per group) suggested caution in attempting to typify languages on the basis of processing strategies drawn from probabilistic tendencies evident in grouped data. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English, Interlanguage, Japanese, Language Processing, Language Typology, Language Variation, Models, Native Speakers, Nouns, Second Language Learning, Stress (Phonology), Syntax, Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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