Comprehension of English VP-ellipsis sentences by Japanese learners of English

在这项为期两年的研究中，我进行了一系列的离线和在线实验，以考察日语水平的学习者对英语VP省略句的理解过程。结果表明，与英语母语者不同，日本学习者无法在省略的位置进行实时的再激活过程。相反，他们似乎在句子的后面执行了重新激活过程。这种延迟效应可能表明，日本学习者在这种省略结构中可以进行定性相似的再激活过程。

In this two-year study, I have conducted a series of off-line and on-line experiments to examine comprehension processes of VP-ellipsis sentences in L2 English by beginning-level Japanese learners. The results suggested that, unlike native speakers of English, Japanese learners were unable to perform a real-time reactivation process at the site of ellipsis. Instead, they seemed to have performed the reactivation processes slightly later in the sentences. The delayed effect might suggest that the Japanese learners can perform qualitatively similar reactivation processes in this kind of elliptical structures.