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A Meta-Analysis of Sensitivity to Grammatical Information during Self-Paced Reading: Towards a Framework of Reference for Reading Time Effect Sizes
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Avery, Nick; Marsden, Emma – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Despite extensive theoretical and empirical research, we do not have estimations of the magnitude of sensitivity to grammatical information during L2 online processing. This is largely due to reliance on null hypothesis significance testing (Plonsky, 2015). The current meta-analysis draws on data from one elicitation technique, self-paced reading,…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Child Second Language Acquisition of Syntax.
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Lakshmanan, Usha – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
Reviews recent research in universal grammar-based child second language acquisition (SLA) research, arguing that child SLA studies can better explore the role of biological factors in language acquisition and strengthen the links between SLA and linguistic theory. (129 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Children, Grammar, Language Research
Markedness and Second Language Acquisition: The Question of Transfer.
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White, Lydia – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Discusses various definitions of markedness in terms of second language acquisition and describes a study testing one such definition which found that second language learners did not accept preposition stranding in the second language but did accept double object construction and suggested that transfer took place only with one of two marked…
Descriptors: English, French, Grammar, Language Patterns