This study examines the use of discourse-level information to create expectations about reference in real-time processing, testing whether patterns previously observed among native speakers of English generalize to nonnative speakers. Findings from a visual-world eye-tracking experiment show that native (L1; N = 53) but not nonnative (L2; N = 52) listeners' proactive coreference expectations are modulated by grammatical aspect in transfer-of-possession events. Results from an offline judgment task show these L2 participants did not differ from L1 speakers in their interpretation of aspect marking on transfer-of-possession predicates in English, indicating it is not lack of linguistic knowledge but utilization of this knowledge in real-time processing that distinguishes the groups. English proficiency, although varying substantially within the L2 group, did not modulate L2 listeners' use of grammatical aspect for reference processing. These findings contribute to the broader endeavor of delineating the role of prediction in human language processing in general, and in the processing of discourse-level information among L2 users in particular.
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Florida State Univ, Dept Modern Languages & Linguist, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USAFlorida State Univ, Dept Modern Languages & Linguist, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
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CUNY, Borough Manhattan Community Coll, Acad Literacy & Linguist, New York, NY 10021 USACUNY, Borough Manhattan Community Coll, Acad Literacy & Linguist, New York, NY 10021 USA
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Penn State Univ, 407 Boucke Bldg, University Pk, PA 16802 USAPenn State Univ, 407 Boucke Bldg, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
Halberstadt, Lauren
Kroff, Jorge R. Valdes
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Univ Florida, Dept Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Gainesville, FL 32611 USAPenn State Univ, 407 Boucke Bldg, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
Kroff, Jorge R. Valdes
Dussias, Paola E.
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Penn State Univ, Dept Spanish Italian & Portuguese, 407 Boucke Bldg, University Pk, PA 16802 USAPenn State Univ, 407 Boucke Bldg, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
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Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Second Language Studies, Honolulu, HI 96822 USAUniv Hawaii Manoa, Dept Second Language Studies, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
Gruter, Theres
Lau, Elaine
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Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Linguist & Modern Languages, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaUniv Hawaii Manoa, Dept Second Language Studies, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
Lau, Elaine
Ling, Wenyi
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Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Second Language Studies, Honolulu, HI 96822 USAUniv Hawaii Manoa, Dept Second Language Studies, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
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Univ Stellenbosch, Fac Arts & Social Sci, Dept Gen Linguist, ZA-7602 Matieland, South AfricaUniv Stellenbosch, Fac Arts & Social Sci, Dept Gen Linguist, ZA-7602 Matieland, South Africa
Smit, Mathilda
Conradie, Simone
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Univ Stellenbosch, Fac Arts & Social Sci, Dept Gen Linguist, ZA-7602 Matieland, South AfricaUniv Stellenbosch, Fac Arts & Social Sci, Dept Gen Linguist, ZA-7602 Matieland, South Africa
Conradie, Simone
Schoeman, Renata
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Univ Stellenbosch, Fac Hlth Sci, Dept Chem Pathol, ZA-7505 Tygerberg, South AfricaUniv Stellenbosch, Fac Arts & Social Sci, Dept Gen Linguist, ZA-7602 Matieland, South Africa