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Jiang, Nan; Wu, Xuesong – Language Learning, 2022
Several previous studies showed that prime-target pairs with orthographical overlap but no semantic or morphological relationship (e.g., freeze-free) produced a masked priming effect in second language (L2) speakers but not in first language (L1) speakers. The present study further explored this intriguing L1-L2 difference by comparing English…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Semantics
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Jiang, Nan; Novokshanova, Eugenia; Masuda, Kyoko; Wang, Xin – Language Learning, 2011
The present study examined the proposal that the presence of a similar morpheme in the learner's first and second languages (L2) facilitates morphological development in the L2. Advanced Russian and Japanese speakers of English as a second language performed a self-paced reading task in which they read English sentences word by word for…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Morphemes, Second Language Learning, Russian