When the second language attracts but the first does not : A
large-scale study of number agreement attraction in Czech
learners of English

J 2025

When the second language attracts but the first does not : A large-scale study of number agreement attraction in Czech learners of English

CHROMÝ, Jan; Radim LACINA; James BRAND a Norbert VANEK

Základní údaje

Originální název

When the second language attracts but the first does not : A large-scale study of number agreement attraction in Czech learners of English

Autoři

CHROMÝ, Jan; Radim LACINA ; James BRAND a Norbert VANEK

Vydání

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2025, 1366-7289

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.600 v roce 2024

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925100126

UT WoS

001506313800001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Agreement attraction; Czech; L2 processing; Crosslinguistic differences; Unified Competition Model

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 30. 6. 2025 10:14, Radim Lacina, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

We investigate agreement attraction effects in the L2 English of native speakers of Czech, a language that has little to no evidence of attraction effects. Our experiments involve two groups of participants. The first group (N=415) participated in an L2 English experiment only, and the second group (N=183) participated in both L2 English and L1 Czech versions of the experiment (in a randomized order with a two-week interval). Standard attraction effects were observed in L2 English, contrasting with the absence of such effects in L1 Czech. Our results provide unique evidence that an L2 can significantly attract, even when the L1 does not. However, our results also revealed that the attraction effect in L2 English disappeared when the L1 Czech version was completed first. These findings are discussed in relation to the Unified Competition Model and the effects of L2-induced increases in working memory demands.

Citovat

CHROMÝ, Jan; Radim LACINA; James BRAND a Norbert VANEK. When the second language attracts but the first does not : A large-scale study of number agreement attraction in Czech learners of English. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2025, Neuveden, June 2025, s. 1-12. ISSN 1366-7289. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925100126.

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CHROMÝ, Jan; Radim LACINA; James BRAND a Norbert VANEK. When the second language attracts but the first does not : A large-scale study of number agreement attraction in Czech learners of English. \textit{Bilingualism: Language and Cognition}. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2025, Neuveden, June 2025, s.~1-12. ISSN~1366-7289. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925100126.

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