Non-adjacent Statistical Learning in Second Language Objective Relative Clause Processing

Key Points

• This research aims to explore the relationship between non-adjacent statistical learning abilities and the processing of objective relative clauses in English by Korean native speakers.
• Participants performed non-adjacent statistical learning tasks and self-paced reading tasks involving objective relative clauses and various sentence structures.
• The tasks measured reaction times and accuracy in processing sentences.
• There was a significant positive correlation between reaction times for non-adjacent statistical learning tasks and the average processing times for the segments of objective relative clause sentences.
• No significant correlation was found between the accuracy of the statistical learning tasks and the processing times for objective relative clauses.

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