L2 English Aspect Processing Data from Eye-Tracking Experiments

127 L1 Polish, Russian, and Norwegian speakers participated in web-based Visual World Paradigm eye-tracking experiments. The data provides evidence of L1 transfer during L2 aspectual interpretation, showing Slavic speakers associate English past simple with completed events while Norwegian speakers associate it with ongoing events. The dataset, authored by Anna Kamenetski and last updated in May 2026, is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling L1 transfer effects in L2 semantic processing based on the described experimental results.
• Analyzing the interaction between L2 proficiency and aspectual interpretation based on offline judgment trends.
• Comparing online gaze preferences with offline judgments for language processing tasks.
• Studying the grammaticalization of aspect across different language families (Slavic vs. Norwegian).

Strengths

• Data is derived from two web-based Visual World Paradigm eye-tracking experiments with 127 total participants.
• Findings are linked to specific L1 groups (Polish, Russian, Norwegian) and L2 proficiency levels.
• The dataset is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 3.1 MB file size suggests a relatively small dataset.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected from two web-based Visual World Paradigm eye-tracking experiments.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-08 05:57:05; freshness should be verified.