Japanese EFL Learners' Implicit and Explicit Knowledge of Subject-Verb Agreement: A Self-Paced Reading Study
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Tamura, Y., Fukuta, J., Nishimura, Y., & Kusanagi, K. (2014). Japanese EFL learners’ implicit/explicit knowledge of subject-verb agreement in existential there: A self-paced reading study. Paper presented at the 20th Japan-British Association for English Teaching Conference. September, 2014. Housei University, Japan.
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Japanese EFL Learners' Implicit and Explicit Knowledge of Subject-Verb Agreement: A Self-Paced Reading Study
- 1. Japanese EFL Learners’ Implicit and Explicit Knowledge of Subject-Verb Agreement in existential there: A Self-Paced Reading Study September 14, 2014 20th JABAET Hosei University
- 2. Yu TAMURA1! Junya FUKUTA2! Yoshito NISHIMURA1! Kunihiro KUSANAGI2! 1Graduate School, Nagoya Univ.! 2Graduate School, Nagoya Univ.! JSPS Research Fellow !
- 3. The handout is available from… 1
- 4. The handout is available from… 2
- 5. Introduction • This study investigated…! – What?! – Explicit and Implicit knowledge of number agreement! – How?! – Using two self-paced reading tasks and a paper-based error correction task 3
- 6. Conclusion • Non-nativelike “successful” agreement! • Automatisation of wrong explicit knowledge! • Number agreement failure of coordinated NPs in the controller position, whereas number feature of copula be can be correctly represented in the controller position. 4
- 7. Overview • Introduction • Background • The Present Study • Results • Discussion • Conclusion 5
- 8. Copula Be • Coupla be is introduced as a very first step of learning English.! • He is a baseball player.! • You are a good actor.! • We are the world. 6
- 9. But • L2 learners have difficulty in attaining native-like performance of the copula be in online tasks(e.g., Jiang, 2004, 2007). 7
- 10. Why? • Mass-count distinctions?! • Complex noun phrases(NPs)?! • Number agreement? 8
- 11. Why? • Mass-count distinctions?! • Complex noun phrases(NPs)?! • Number agreement? 9
- 12. Number Agreement • Simple NP! • He is a baseball player.! • You are a good actor.! • We are the world. Agreement Controller Agreement Target 10
- 13. Number Agreement • Simple NP! • He is a baseball player. Controller Target [sg] [sg] 11
- 14. Number Agreement • Simple NP! • You are a good actor. Controller Target [pl] [pl] 12
- 15. Number Agreement • Complex NP! [sg] • [sg One [of [pl the students]] is from Tokyo.! ! Controller Attracter Target • The Principle of Nonintervention! • All plural nouns occurring between the subject noun and the verb should be ignored (Celce-Murcia & Larsen- Freeman, 1999, p.68)! 13
- 16. Number Agreement • Complex NP! • [pl [sg A pen] and [sg an eraser]] are on my desk. ! ! ! Controller Target [pl] [pl] 14
- 17. Number Agreement • Complex NP! • One of the students is from Tokyo.! • A pen and an eraser are on my desk.! ! • Usually, ! • Controller -> head N! • Target -> verb! ! Controller Target 15
- 18. But L2 Learners’ Number Representation Controller Target copula (lexical) ? ☓ Noun Phrase ? ? Previous Research Jiang(2004, 2007) 16
- 19. But L2 Learners’ Number Representation Controller Target copula (lexical) ? ? Noun Phrase ? ? Can we investigate this type of SVA? 17
- 20. What is the cause of difficulty? • We want to know the cause of difficulty in processing SVA.! • Can we reverse the role of the controller and the target?! • Is this possible?! • Controller -> Verb! • Target -> NP 18
- 22. What is existential there? • One type of expletive constructions! • ex. There are butterflies in the yard.! • The be verb does not agree with there but NP in the object position.! • Existential sentences in English has attracted many linguists (e.g., Chomsky, 1989, 1995; Kuno, 1971; Lumsden, 1990; Milsark, 1979; Zucchi, 2003). 20
- 23. What is existential there? • There are butterflies in the yard.! • There is an Apple Watch on the desk. Controller Target 21
- 24. How does number agreement occur in the case of existential there sentences? 22
- 25. Agreement in existential there • Two Approaches (Celce-Murcia & Larsen- Freeman, 1999, p.68)! • Traditional Grammar Approach! • The Proximity Principle 23
- 26. Traditional Grammar Approach • ?There is [a pen and an eraser] on my desk.! • ?There is [a pen and two erasers] on my desk.! • There are [a pen and an eraser] on my desk.! • There are [a pen and two erasers] on my desk.! • Same rule as in the case of normal order.! • [A pen and an eraser] are on my desk.! • *[A pen and an eraser] is on my desk. 24
- 27. The Proximity Principle • There is [a pen] and an eraser on my desk.! • There is [a pen] and two erasers on my desk.! • ?There are a pen and an eraser on my desk.! • ?There are a pen and two erasers on my desk. 25
- 28. Which rules do native speakers actually follow? 26
- 29. Which rules do native speakers actually follow? • Sobin (1997)! • Acceptability judgments of NS (5-point scale)! • there are NP and NPs (0.61)! • there is NP and NPs (2.86)! • there are NPs and NP (3.81)! • there is NPs and NP (1.67)! • there is NP and NP (3.58)! • there are NP and NP (0.81) 27
- 30. Which rules do native speakers actually follow? • Corpus of Contemporary American English! • there is NP and NP! • 55 tokens! • there are NP and NP! • 2 tokens! • Native speakers of English do prefer singular agreement in the existential there sentences with “NP and NP” structures. 28
- 31. Back to the topic of the present study 29
- 32. What is the cause of difficulty in processing number agreement? • Possible causes! • fail to assign correct number features to! 1. Controller! 2. Target! 3. Both 1 and 2 30
- 33. What is the cause of difficulty in processing number agreement? Hypothesis 1(native-like) Controller Target copula (lexical) ? ◯ Noun Phrase ◯ ◯ a. There [sg is] [sg A ] and [sg B] b. There [pl are] [sg A ] and [sg B] faster a. [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] [sg is] faster b. [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] [pl are] 31
- 34. What is the cause of difficulty in processing number agreement? Controller Target Hypothesis 2 copula (lexical) ◯ ◯ Noun Phrase ◯ ◯ a. There [sg is ] [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] b. There [pl are] [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] a. [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] [sg is] b. [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] [pl are] faster faster 32
- 35. What is the cause of difficulty in processing number agreement? Controller Target Hypothesis 3 copula (lexical) ◯ ☓ Noun Phrase ☓ ◯ a. There [Φ is ] [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] b. There [pl are] [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] a. [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] [Φ is] b. [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] [Φ are] faster Jiang(2004, 2007) faster 33
- 36. What is the cause of difficulty in processing number agreement? Controller Target Hypothesis 4 copula (lexical) ☓ ◯ Noun Phrase ◯ ☓ a. There [Φ is ] [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] b. There [Φ are] [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] a. [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] [sg is] b. [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] [pl are] No difference faster 34
- 37. What is the cause of difficulty in processing number agreement? Controller Target Hypothesis 5 copula (lexical) ☓ ☓ Noun Phrase ☓ ☓ a. There [Φ is ] [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] b. There [Φ are] [pl[sg A ] and [sg B]] a. [Φ[sg A ] and [sg B]] [sg is] b. [Φ[sg A ] and [sg B]] [pl are] No difference No difference Jiang(2004, 2007) 35
- 38. Research Questions • Which hypothesis does correctly predict L2 Japanese learners’ knowledge of number agreement? 36
- 39. The Present Study • Participants! • 28 Japanese undergraduate and graduate students! ! ! ! ! Age TOEIC Score n M SD M SD 28 24.14 3.88 768.69 127.37 • 15 students had experience of staying in an English-speaking country. 37
- 40. Experiments To measure implicit knowledge • Self-paced reading task on PCs (HSP ver. 3.2) To measure explicit knowledge • Paper-based error correction task 38
- 41. Self-paced reading task on PCs (HSP ver. 3.2) • Existential there (segment by segment reading)! • 18 sentences (There is/are NP and NP PP)! • 16 fillers (including comprehension question)! • Subjective NP(word by word reading)! • 24 sentences (NP and NP is/are PP)! • 24 fillers! • both including T/F question! • Two conditions are randomly attributed to each participant. 39
- 42. Self-paced reading task on PCs (HSP ver. 3.2) !＿__＿ ______________ __________ ________ Segment by segment reading version ! There is _____________ __________ ________ !＿__＿ a pen and an eraser_______ _______ !＿__＿ ______________ on my desk ________ ＿__＿ ______________ _________ 次へ進む 40
- 43. Self-paced reading task on PCs (HSP ver. 3.2) ! ___ ____ ___ ____ ____ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ Word by word reading version ! His ____ ___ ____ ____ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ! ___ wife ___ ____ ____ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ! ___ ____ and ____ ____ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ! __!_ ____ and ____ ____ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ____ ____ ___ ___ ____ now. ___ ___ ____ ___ ____ ____ ___ ___ _____ ___ 次へ 41
- 44. Self-paced reading task on PCs (HSP ver. 3.2) • Examples! • Existential there (segment by segment reading)! • There is/ a gun and a bomb/ in the leather bag.! • ?There are/ a gun and a bomb/ in the leather bag. 42
- 45. Self-paced reading task on PCs (HSP ver. 3.2) • Examples! • Subjective NP(word by word reading)! • *His /wife /and /son /is /in /the /cottage/ now.! • His /wife /and /son /are /in /the /cottage/ now. 43
- 46. Paper-based error correction task • Existential there! • 10 sentences! • Subjective NP! • 10 sentences! • All errors were related to the copula be! • 5 fillers! • No time limit 44
- 47. Analysis • Self-paced reading tasks! • Paired-sample t-test! • There is a pen and an eraser on my desk.! • There are a pen and an eraser on my desk.! • My brother and sister is in the garden.! • My brother and sister are in the garden.! ! • M+/-2SD was excluded from the analysis. 45
- 48. Analysis • Error Correction Task 1. Is the copula be is circled? No exclude from the analysis Yes 2. Is the grammaticality of the sentence correctly judged? No 0 point Yes sentence judgment correction correct correct ー 1 point incorrect incorrect correct 1 point incorrect incorrect incorrect 0 point 46
- 49. Results 47
- 50. Self-paced Reading Tasks 48
- 51. Descriptive Statistics of the Reading Time in the Target Regions M SD 95%CI There sentences G (is) 1862 572 [1640, 2084] UG (are) 1757 458 [1580, 1935] Subjective NP G (are) 466 87 [432, 500] UG (is) 436 92 [400, 472] 49
- 52. The Results of the Paired-Sample t-tests t (27) p Cohen’s d [95%CI] 1-β There sentences 1.85 .08 .19 [-.02, .40] .43 Subjective NP 3.39 >.01 .35 [.14, .55] .93 50
- 53. The Scatter Plot of the Reading Time There is/are NP and NP NP and NP is/are 51
- 54. Error Correction Task 52
- 55. Descriptive Statistics of the Results of the Error-Correction Task M SD 95%CI There sentences .16 .30 [.04, .28] Subjective NP .89 .23 [.79, .98] 53
- 56. Discussion • Self-paced reading (implicit knowledge)! • There is NP and NP ! • There are NP and NP! • NP and NP are ! • NP and NP is! • Error Correction (explicit knowledge)! • There is/are NP and NP! • NP and NP is/are faster faster ☓ ◯ 54
- 57. Discussion • Self-paced reading (implicit knowledge)! faster • There are NP and NP! • NP and NP is! faster • The participants correctly assigned number features of the coordinated NPs only in the target position. 55
- 58. Discussion • Error Correction (explicit knowledge)! ☓ ◯ • There is/are NP and NP! • NP and NP is/are! • The participants tended to consider the coordinated NPs as plural. 56
- 59. Discussion Implicit knowledge 3 Controller Target copula (lexical) ◯ ☓ Noun Phrase ☓ ◯ 57
- 60. Discussion Implicit knowledge 3 Controller Target copula (lexical) ◯ ☓ Noun Phrase ☓ ◯ Explicit knowledge 2 Controller Target copula (lexical) ◯ ◯ Noun Phrase ◯ ◯ The participants succeeded to make agreement, but it was not nativelike. They automatised wrong explicit knowledge? 58
- 61. Discussion Implicit knowledge 3 Controller Target copula (lexical) ◯ ☓ Noun Phrase ☓ ◯ Explicit knowledge 2 Controller Target copula (lexical) ◯ ◯ Noun Phrase ◯ ◯ When the coordinated NP is in the controller position, the participants failed to automatise their explicit knowledge. 59
- 62. Discussion Implicit knowledge 3 Controller Target copula (lexical) ◯ ☓ Noun Phrase ☓ ◯ Explicit knowledge 2 Controller Target copula (lexical) ◯ ◯ Noun Phrase ◯ ◯ The participants could assign correct number features only when it appeared on the target position. Copula be guided this process? 60
- 63. Limitations • Task-effects(segment vs. word)! • Proficiency! • Only NP and NP pattern was investigated.! • Small sample size 61
- 64. Conclusion • Non-nativelike “successful” agreement! • Automatisation of wrong explicit knowledge! • Number agreement failure of coordinated NPs in the controller position, whereas number feature of copula be can be correctly represented in the controller position. 62
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- 66. Japanese EFL Learners’ Implicit and Explicit Knowledge of Subject- Verb Agreement in existential there: A Self- Paced Reading Study contact info Yu Tamura Graduate School, Nagoya University yutamura@nagoya-u.jp http://tamurayu.wordpress.com/ Explicit Implicit Controller Target Controller Target Copula be (Lexical) ◯ ◯ ◯ ☓ NP Number Marking ◯ ◯ ☓ ◯ There is/are NP and NP • Non-native like agreement • Lexical representation of copula be • Wrong automatisation NP and NP is/are • Explicit knowledge ◯ • Implicit knowledge ☓ 64