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Basma A. Moreb – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study was a mixed method research. The quantitative part investigated Saudi English learners' English vivid phrasal (VP) idiom detection differences by lexical level, semi- lexical level, and post-lexical level, as well as comprehension and interpretation by zero-context and full-context conditions. It also researched the extent to which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Patterns
Aydin, Burcu – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2019
This study examines the cognitive processes underlying the comprehension of L2 idiomatic expressions by using two different visual instructional techniques -- pictorial representation of literal meanings versus pictorial representation of figurative meanings of each idiomatic expression -- considering two settings (EFL vs. ESL), two different…
Descriptors: Language Processing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Patterns
L2 Distribution of Chinese Connectives: Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of a Discourse Grammar
Lu, Yuan – Second Language Research, 2019
This study investigated second language distribution of Chinese connectives by tallying responses on a mini-discourse completion test taken by English-speaking learners with different language learning backgrounds and at different proficiency levels. The results showed that an underuse pattern underlay practically all Chinese connectives as a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Chinese, Form Classes (Languages), Cognitive Ability
Qi, Yan; Ding, Yanren – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
The literature on formulaic language lacks sufficient research on how L2 learners make progress in native-like formulaicity of their target language. This study analyzed the use of formulaic sequences (FSs) by 56 Chinese university English majors in their prepared monologues at the beginning and end of a three-year period and compared the student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), Native Speakers, English (Second Language)

Gathercole, Virginia C. – Journal of Child Language, 1986
Analysis of 12 Scottish and 12 American 3- to 6-year-olds interacting with adults indicated that, because Scottish adults use the present perfect tense more frequently in their speech to children than American adults do, Scottish children use the tense in their speech long before American children do. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adults, English, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition