Abstract：
Previous research has demonstrated the influence of emotions during linguistic processing, indicating the interactivity of both processes in the brain. However, little is known regarding such interplay in a second language (L2). This study addressed this question by examining the reading effects of syntactic violations while processing L2 emotional and neutral statements. Forty-six Spanish-English bilinguals with various levels of L2 proficiency and emotional resonance (i.e. capability for emotional experience in L2) were presented with a self-paced sentence reading task. Sentences contained positive (16), neutral (16) and negative (16) verbs, half of them presented in agreement and half in disagreement with the preceding pronoun. Analysis of verb reading times using linear mixed effects modelling revealed a significant interaction between syntactic violation, verb valence and emotional resonance, suggesting that stronger emotional L2 experience results in a higher saliency of negative verbs, reducing the impact of syntactic violations.
摘要：
先前的研究已经证明了情绪在语言处理过程中的影响，表明大脑中两个过程的相互作用。然而,关于第二语言(L2)的这种相互作用知之甚少。这项研究通过在处理L2情绪和中性陈述时检查句法违反的阅读效果来解决这个问题。向46名具有不同水平的L2水平和情感共鸣（即L2中的情感体验能力）的西班牙语-英语双语者提供了自定进度的句子阅读任务。句子包含正面（16），中性（16）和否定（16）动词，其中一半与前面的代词一致，一半与前面的代词不一致。使用线性混合效应模型对动词阅读时间的分析表明，句法违反之间存在显着的相互作用，动词配价和情感共鸣，这表明更强的情绪L2体验会导致更高的负面动词显著性，减少语法违规的影响。
