Restrepo-Ramos, Falcon

Valdés-Kroff, Jorge

English

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YingPreeliminary Results Materials• 126 sentences > 40 critical sentences > 80fillers > 6practice sentences across 4 lists• Critical words controlled for length, frequency,transparency, and familiarity.• Four conditions in a 2 (Transparency) x 2(Congruency) design:NC - Match C - MatchNC - Mismatch C – MismatchExample:Methods• SR desktop-mounted eye-tracking device• Advanced L2 learners (N=6)• One session (1 hour) :1. Language Background Questionnaire2. Grammar Test (DELE)3. Experimental Trial4. Written Production TaskThe Eye-Tracking Technique• Response Accuracy Average• Reaction times per condition:• Gaze duration average per condition:Future Analysis• Have more participants; include a second group of HeritageSpeakers• Include online measures:Gaze DurationRegression PathTotal Time• Include in analysis individuals’ knowledge of gender (writtenproduction task )• Have a second experiment in which no diminutive is presenton adjective• Determine validity of second RQA Pilot StudyEmail: frestrepo@ufl.edu, jvaldeskroff@ufl.eduFalcon Restrepo-Ramos and Jorge Valdés-KroffDepartment of Spanish and Portuguese StudiesIntroduction• Gender errors are very common in non-native speakers,particularly with opaque nouns (Montrul et al., 2012)Example: Libro (C – M) vs Cohete (NC – M)• Spanish diminutives recover the gender marker ofnouns, and can become a facilitator of genderacquisition (Savickiene and Dressler, 2007).Example: Mi flor vs Mi florecita• L2 learners are sensitive to gender violations in non-adjacent condition with transparent nouns (Keating,2009).The purpose of this study is to determine:1) How second language learners process grammaticalgender of nouns with non-canonical endings in non-adjacent conditions, and2) how the diminutive morpheme affects the learners’lexical processing of gender in non-canonical nounsduring a sentence processing task.Research Questions- Does nominal transparency have an effect on genderprocessing in non-adjacent conditions?- Are L2 learners sensitive to gender violations withthe diminutive suffix in non-adjacent conditions?If so,are they more sensitive with or without thediminutive suffix? (Future experiment)0102030405060708090100c_a c_g nc_a nc_gcorrectincorrectResponse Accuracy Average 276278280282284286288290292c_a c_g nc_a nc_gGaze Duration Average in msTotalNC_G Es muy útil tu tenedor porque es más pequeñito para la ensalada.NC_U Mira como vuela mi cohete. Se eleva tan rapidita como una bala.

The Effect of the Spanish Diminutive in Gender Processing of Opaque Nouns

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The Effect of the Spanish Diminutive in Gender Processing of Opaque Nouns

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