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This research aims to explore how Chinese and Korean learners process and interpret the Japanese reflexive ‘zibun’.

The second language acquisition of reflexives in Japanese by Chinese and Korean learners

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Randomized trial investigates reflexive understanding in learners, suggesting pragmatic influences impact language processing.

This research aims to explore how Chinese and Korean learners process and interpret the Japanese reflexive ‘zibun’.
Conducted a self-paced reading experiment involving antecedent judgements and introspective measures.
Examined Japanese reflexive usage among Chinese and Korean learners and native speakers.
Learners showed significant influence from pragmatic factors, similar to native speakers.
Different weighing of cues was observed among learner groups during real-time processing.
Data indicates positive pragmatic transfer of anaphoric strategies into second language use.

Darcy Sperlich (2026) studied this question.

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