Abstract It has been debated whether preference for subject-extracted relative clauses in language processing is a universal rule, with evidence from both first and second language acquisition studies. But very few studies focus on learners of Chinese as a second language. The current research studied Chinese subject/object-extracted relative clauses processing among the learners of Chinese as a second language by a self-paced reading experiment. The results demonstrate a faster and more accurate processing of subject-extracted relative clauses in both subject and object modifying conditions, adding more evidence to the universal preference for the subject-extracted relative clauses. Both Frequency-Based Accounts and Memory-Based Accounts are discussed related to the current findings.

中文翻译：

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汉语作为第二语言学习者的相对从句偏爱

摘要在第一语言和第二语言习得研究的证据支持下，人们对在语言处理中偏重主题抽取的相对从句是否是普遍规则的争论一直存在争议。但是很少有研究关注汉语作为第二语言的学习者。目前的研究是通过自定进度的阅读实验研究汉语作为第二语言的学习者中汉语主语/宾语提取的从句的处理。结果表明，在主语和宾语修改条件下，可以更快，更准确地处理主语提取的相对从句，这为对主语提取的相对从句的普遍偏爱增加了更多的证据。基于频率的帐户和基于内存的帐户都讨论了与当前的发现有关。