The experiment presented in this research is targeting a ＇positional＇ stage of a ＇modular＇ model of speech production originally proposed by Levelt （1989）, Bock ＆ Levelt （1994）, where selected lemmas are inse...The experiment presented in this research is targeting a ＇positional＇ stage of a ＇modular＇ model of speech production originally proposed by Levelt （1989）, Bock ＆ Levelt （1994）, where selected lemmas are inserted into syntactic frames. Results suggest a difference between L1 and L2 English speakers at the positional stage. While this might suggest that the speech planning process is different in native and non-native speakers, an alternative view is also proposed that the observed differences are the result of differences in the way that linguistic forms are stored, rather than a fundamental difference in the way that speech is planned. This result indicates main verb, copula be ＆ local dependency effect are the three elements that affect the realization of English subject-verb agreement, and helps us locate the phase where L2 subject-verb agreement errors happen.展开更多
文摘The experiment presented in this research is targeting a ＇positional＇ stage of a ＇modular＇ model of speech production originally proposed by Levelt （1989）, Bock ＆ Levelt （1994）, where selected lemmas are inserted into syntactic frames. Results suggest a difference between L1 and L2 English speakers at the positional stage. While this might suggest that the speech planning process is different in native and non-native speakers, an alternative view is also proposed that the observed differences are the result of differences in the way that linguistic forms are stored, rather than a fundamental difference in the way that speech is planned. This result indicates main verb, copula be ＆ local dependency effect are the three elements that affect the realization of English subject-verb agreement, and helps us locate the phase where L2 subject-verb agreement errors happen.
