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Presentation 2025-09-08 11:45
The effects of word order in the processing of phrasal verbs by Japanese L2 learners of English.
Seinosuke Tomishima, Kentaro Nakatani (Konan U) TL2025-14
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) The purpose of this study is to examine how L2 learners of English comprehend phrasal verbs (specifically Japanese learners in this study). Phrasal verbs are often considered difficult for Japanese ESL learners due to their complex characteristics. For example, they allow syntactic alternation (put on the jacket vs. put the jacket on), vary in semantic transparency, and have no direct equivalents in Japanese grammatical categories. In addition, particles in phrasal verbs (e.g., in, on, away, up) are identical to other lexical categories, such as prepositions and adverbs. This overlap can lead to sentences that appear to contain two consecutive prepositions (e.g., switch the light on in the morning), potentially causing misinterpretation. We hypothesized that Japanese ESL learners may mistakenly interpret particles as prepositions. To test this, we conducted an online self-paced reading task, measuring both acceptability judgments and reading times. The experiment was based on a 2×2 factorial design, manipulating (1) the word order of the phrasal verb (switch the light on vs. switch on the light) and (2) the syntactic category of the temporal adverbial that follows it (on Monday vs. last Monday). The results of the grammaticality judgment tasks clearly showed an interaction between the two factors such that when a particle was followed by a prepositional phrase, readers were more likely to misinterpret the sentences as ungrammatical. The reading time data also showed this effect in the adverbial region.
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(in English) phrasal verb / verb particle construction / acceptability / self-paced reading / L2 comprehension / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 125, no. 177, TL2025-14, pp. 15-20, Sept. 2025.
Paper # TL2025-14 
Date of Issue 2025-09-01 (TL) 
ISSN Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee TL  
Conference Date 2025-09-08 - 2025-09-09 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Waseda Univ. 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Language Processing and Language Learning 
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Conference Code 2025-09-TL 
Language English (Japanese title is available) 
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Title (in English) The effects of word order in the processing of phrasal verbs by Japanese L2 learners of English. 
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Keyword(1) phrasal verb  
Keyword(2) verb particle construction  
Keyword(3) acceptability  
Keyword(4) self-paced reading  
Keyword(5) L2 comprehension  
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1st Author's Name Seinosuke Tomishima  
1st Author's Affiliation Konan University (Konan U)
2nd Author's Name Kentaro Nakatani  
2nd Author's Affiliation Konan University (Konan U)
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Date Time 2025-09-08 11:45:00 
Presentation Time 30 minutes 
Registration for TL 
Paper # TL2025-14 
Volume (vol) vol.125 
Number (no) no.177 
Page pp.15-20 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2025-09-01 (TL) 

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