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Presentation 2013-08-04 12:00
How do advanced learners of English understand a complex scope ambiguity? -- a case of negation and focus construction --
Yukiko Koizumi (Yamagata Univ.) TL2013-33
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) Important contribution of non-syntactic factors (e.g. pragmatics and prosody) in L1 processing has been established in Koizumi (2009) on the ‘not-because’ scope ambiguity (e.g. Sarah didn’t cry because she was in public vs. Sarah didn’t cry because she was lonely), which manipulated its implicit prosody and pragmatics by if-subordination. The present paper reports an investigation of how advanced L2 learners of English, whose L1 has different syntactic and prosodic properties from English, might comprehend this complex ambiguity. The present interim summary of the ongoing investigation suggests that their processing tendencies share many properties shown in the results from the L1 perceivers, although it also highlights further points calling for consideration in order to reveal what sorts of strategies are available for advanced L2 learners to make use of in order to resolve a complex ambiguity, and how they might become available during the course of their L2 acquisition process.
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(in English) Scope Ambiguity / Pragmatics / Prosody / L2 Processing / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 113, no. 174, TL2013-33, pp. 111-115, Aug. 2013.
Paper # TL2013-33 
Date of Issue 2013-07-27 (TL) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee TL  
Conference Date 2013-08-03 - 2013-08-04 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Kwansei Gakuin University, Osaka Umeda Campus 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Language Processing and Learning 
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Conference Code 2013-08-TL 
Language English 
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Title (in English) How do advanced learners of English understand a complex scope ambiguity? 
Sub Title (in English) a case of negation and focus construction 
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Keyword(2) Pragmatics  
Keyword(3) Prosody  
Keyword(4) L2 Processing  
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1st Author's Name Yukiko Koizumi  
1st Author's Affiliation Yamagata University (Yamagata Univ.)
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Date Time 2013-08-04 12:00:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
Registration for TL 
Paper # TL2013-33 
Volume (vol) vol.113 
Number (no) no.174 
Page pp.111-115 
#Pages 5 
Date of Issue 2013-07-27 (TL) 

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