Introduction: We discuss event-related power differences (ERPDs) in low- and broadband-γ oscillations as the embedded-clause edge is processed in -dependencies such as in first (L1) and second language (L2) French speakers.
Methods: The experimental conditions manipulated whether pronouns appeared in modifiers (Mods; ) or in noun complements (Comps; ) and whether they matched or mismatched a matrix-clause subject in gender.
Results: Across L1 and L2 speakers, we found that anaphora-linked ERPDs for Mods vs.
Nonnative processing has been argued to reflect either reduced processing capacity or delayed timing of structural analysis compared to the extraction of lexical/semantic information. The current study simultaneously investigates timing and resource allocation through a time-frequency analysis of the intrinsic neural activity during syntactic processing in native and English-speaking nonnative speakers of French. It involved structurally constrained anaphora resolution in bi-clausal wh-filler-gap dependencies such as Quelle décision à propos de lui est-ce que Paul a dit que Lydie avait rejetée sans hésitation? 'Which decision about him did Paul say that Lydie rejected without hesitation?'.
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