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Processing and comprehension of L2 English relative clauses by Farsi speakers Seifi, Pouran
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10.33612/diss.173105622
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Stellingen Behorende bij het proefschrift Processing and
Comprehension of L2 English Relative Clauses by Farsi Speakers Pouran Seifi
1. There is an inverse relationship between the frequency of
resumptive pronouns and the hierarchy of relative clauses in the Farsi language. - This dissertation
2. Contrary to the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy of Keenan and Comrie (1977), resumption is not optional in restrictive Farsi object relative clauses. - This dissertation
3. The asymmetry in the processing of the Farsi object and subject relative clauses especially on the restrictive and non-restrictive types mirrored the patterns of distributions which the Farsi corpus analysis revealed. - This dissertation
4. The reading comprehension of English relative clauses by L1 Farsi speakers converge with their on-line relative clause processing results. - This dissertation
5. There is a negative transfer from L1 Farsi on L2 English in
processing and comprehension of relative clauses. - This dissertation 6. L1 strongly influences the processing and comprehension of L2, but this is moderated by a higher L2 language proficiency which is
obtained by more exposure to L2. - This dissertation
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