Abstract In two eye tracking experiments, we investigate how adult child-L2 speakers of English resolve prepositional phrase (PP) attachment ambiguity in their dominant language (English), and whether they use prosodic information to aid in the process of garden-path recovery. The findings showed an increased processing cost associated with the revision of temporary ambiguous sentences for the child-L2 adults relative to the native English speakers. When prosody was informative, the child-L2 adults were able to use prosodic information to guide the interpretation of their later acquired, dominant language. However, they performed revision significantly less successfully than the native speakers. Although processing was similar for the native English speakers and the adult child-L2 speakers of English, when it comes to sensitivity to prosodic information and referential context, the two groups differed with regards to reanalysis both in the presence and absence of salient prosodic and referential information.

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摘要 在两个眼动追踪实验中，我们研究了成年儿童-L2 英语母语者如何解决其主导语言（英语）中的介词短语 (PP) 依恋歧义，以及他们是否使用韵律信息来帮助花园路径恢复过程。研究结果表明，与母语为英语的成年人相比，L2 儿童的临时歧义句子的修改会增加处理成本。当韵律提供信息时，儿童-L2 成人能够使用韵律信息来指导他们后来获得的主导语言的解释。然而，他们进行修订的成功率明显低于母语人士。虽然对于母语为英语的人和以英语为母语的成人儿童-L2 的处理是相似的，