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2023.11.27 [Conference Presentation🌍]
Hong-Yi Wang, Wei-Cheng Peng, Yu-Min Wang, and Chun-Chieh Hsu presented their research at The 8th Asian Junior Linguistics Conference (AJL8). National University of Singapore, Singapore, Nov. 17-18, 2023.
2023.11.27 [Conference Presentation🌍]
Hong-Yi Wang, Wei-Cheng Peng, Yu-Min Wang, and Chun-Chieh Hsu presented their research at The 8th Asian Junior Linguistics Conference (AJL8). National University of Singapore, Singapore, Nov. 17-18, 2023.
Oral Presentation: Effects of Prosodic Cues and Animacy in Mandarin Relative Clause Attachment.
2023.10.12 [Journal Article🙏🏻]
Chia-Hsuan Liao's article has been accepted in Second Language Research!
2023.10.12 [Journal Article🙏🏻]
Chia-Hsuan Liao's article has been accepted in Second Language Research!
Title: ERP sensitivity to subcategorization violations in second language learners.
Citation: Liao, C. H., & Lau, E. (2023). ERP sensitivity to subcategorization violations in L2 learners. Second Language Research, 02676583231199426.
Abstract:
Event concepts of common verbs (e.g. eat, sleep) can be broadly shared across languages, but a given language’s rules for subcategorization are largely arbitrary and vary substantially across languages. When subcategorization information does not match between first language (L1) and second language (L2), how does this mismatch impact L2 speakers in real time? We hypothesized that subcategorization knowledge in L1 is particularly difficult for L2 speakers to override online. Event-related potential (ERP) responses were recorded from English sentences that include verbs that were ambitransitive in Mandarin but intransitive in English (* My sister listened the music). While L1 English speakers showed a prominent P600 effect to subcategorization violations, L2 English speakers whose L1 was Mandarin showed some sensitivity in offline responses but not in ERPs. This suggests that computing verb–argument relations, although seemingly one of the basic components of sentence comprehension, in fact requires accessing lexical syntax which may be vulnerable to L1 interference in L2. However, our exploratory analysis showed that more native-like behavioral accuracy was associated with a more native-like P600 effect, suggesting that, with enough experience, L2 speakers can ultimately overcome this interference.
Keywords: ERP, P600, Second language acquisition, Sentence processing, Verb subcategorization
2023.09.20 [Conference Presentation🌍]
Yu-Hao Chen and Chia-Hsuan Liao presented their research at the Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing 29 (AMLaP 29). San Sebastián, Spain, Aug. 31-Sep. 2.
2023.09.20 [Conference Presentation🌍]
Yu-Hao Chen and Chia-Hsuan Liao presented their research at the Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing 29 (AMLaP 29). San Sebastián, Spain, Aug. 31-Sep. 2.
2023.08.25 [Conference Presentation🌏]
Jia-Ying Tsai and Chia-Hsuan Liao presented their research at the Forth International Conference on Theoretical East Asia Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP-4). Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 16-19, 2023.
2023.08.25 [Conference Presentation🌏]
Jia-Ying Tsai and Chia-Hsuan Liao presented their research at the Forth International Conference on Theoretical East Asia Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP-4). Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 16-19, 2023.
2023.08.25 [Conference Presentation🌏]
Yi-Hsin Chen and Chia-Hsuan Liao presented their research at The 4th International Conference on Theoretical East Asia Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP-4). Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 16-19, 2023.
2023.08.25 [Conference Presentation🌏]
Yi-Hsin Chen and Chia-Hsuan Liao presented their research at The 4th International Conference on Theoretical East Asia Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP-4). Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 16-19, 2023.
Poster: Role of Syntax and Semantics in Online Sentence Comprehension: A Cross-Modal Priming Study.
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2023.08.13 [Congrats!👏🏻]
Yu-Hao Chen won the NSTC College Student Research Creativity Award!
2023.08.13 [Congrats!👏🏻]
Yu-Hao Chen won the NSTC College Student Research Creativity Award!
Every year, the National Science and Technology Council selects recipients for the "College Student Research Creativity Award" (大專生研究創作獎) from the final reports of research projects conducted by college students. These recipients are chosen based on excellent performance and innovative ideas through a rigorous review process. A maximum of 200 individuals are awarded this honor. Yu-Hao's research stood out among over 3,000 submitted projects, a remarkable achievement that was not easily attained. Congratulations, Yu-Hao, we are so proud of you!!
Project Title: The Influence of Social Interactions on Mandarin-Taiwanese Bilinguals’ Categorical Perceptions
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2023.03.20 [Conference Presentation🌎]
Chia-Hsuan Liao and Jia-Ying Tsai presented their research at the 36th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (HSP 2023). University of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, Mar. 9-11, 2023.
2023.03.20 [Conference Presentation🌎]
Chia-Hsuan Liao and Jia-Ying Tsai presented their research at the 36th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (HSP 2023). University of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, Mar. 9-11, 2023.
Poster: When “Mary broke up John” becomes acceptable: On the trend of transitivization in Mandarin.
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