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Chae-Eun Kim – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2022
This study explores how Korean-to-English machine translation (MT) systems (e.g., Google Translator, NAVER Papago) deal with Korean passive structures. Cross-linguistically, Korean and English passives show different ways to construct passive-voice sentences from active structure. English passives including with [to be + past participle] may have…
Descriptors: Korean, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Li, Lexi Xiaoduo – SAGE Open, 2022
This study demonstrates how native and learner corpora can enhance modal verb treatment in English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) textbooks used in mainland China. Data analysis compares modal verbs in the textbook and native corpus by referring to distributional features, semantic functions and co-occurring constructions; and the analysis of the…
Descriptors: Verbs, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Thane, Patrick D. – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
Early research on the Aspect Hypothesis yielded a rigid developmental sequence for the acquisition of grammatical aspect, in which developing L2 learners applied morphemes to mark aspect in accordance with the inherent lexical aspect of verbal prototypes. While studies from a variety of L2 backgrounds have amassed evidence for this hypothesis,…
Descriptors: Verbs, Linguistic Theory, Grammar, Second Language Learning
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Liu, Dilin; Myers, Daniel – Language Teaching Research, 2020
English phrasal verbs (PVs) are ubiquitous and often polysemous. These lexical items are thus very important, but also challenging for ESL/EFL learners. Substantial research that can inform instructional approaches to PVs has already been conducted. One strand of this research has focused on identifying PVs that merit prioritization in learning.…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ozturk, Meral – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2017
Dictionary studies have suggested that nearly half of the English lexicon have multiple meanings. It is not yet clear, however, if second language learners reading English texts will encounter words with multiple meanings to the same degree. This study investigates the use of words with multiple meanings in an authentic English novel. Two samples…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Literature
Ordem, Eser; Bada, Erdogan – Online Submission, 2016
The dominance of syntactic studies in linguistics has caused lexis and grammar to be perceived as two distinct categories. With introduction of the paradigm of cognitive linguistics, the studies in syntax have been replaced by those in lexis and concepts. Semantics has come to the fore through the studies in cognitive linguistics, and there has…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Bonilla, Carrie L. – Hispania, 2013
This essay contributes to the research on the emergence of tense/aspect morphology by reviewing the results and task conditions of studies supporting either the Aspect Hypothesis (AH) or the Default Past Tense Hypothesis (DPTH) for second language (L2) learners of Spanish. The AH has found that past marking emerges based on inherent aspectual…
Descriptors: Spanish, Morphemes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Zhao, Yang – Second Language Research, 2011
There has been considerable research in Chinese as a second language (L2) in recent years, particularly in its morphological and syntactic aspects. This article reviews research in these aspects with reference to the broader discipline of second language acquisition (SLA) and suggests that L2 Chinese research has contributed to SLA through…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Morphology (Languages)
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Hoeing, Robert G. – Die Unterrichtspraxis: Teaching German, 1990
Argues that the traditional method for learning German verbs by their infinitives is a more practical and communicative approach to German language instruction than a recent pedagogically harmful suggestion that verbs be introduced by their stems. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: German, Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Thomas, Margaret – Second Language Research, 1995
Examines research on adult second-language learning in regard to the proposal that reflexive verbs move in logical form (LF). The results of a study of 58 adult learners of Japanese show that learners' knowledge of the reflexive "zibun" at a high-proficiency level is consistent with the LF approach. (Contains 43 references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: Adults, Japanese, Language Proficiency, Language Research
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Leach, Patrick – Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1987
Examines three main reasons for the lack of passives in intermediate learners' English: the inherent difficulty of the verbal forms involved; the possible lack of a passive formal equivalent in the learners' first language; and the learners' lack of exposure to suitable texts. (CB)
Descriptors: Correlation, English (Second Language), Language Usage, Second Language Learning
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Tomaselli, Alessandra; Schwartz, Bonnie D. – Second Language Research, 1990
Argues that a Universal Grammar (UG)-based analysis for the three stages of NEG-placement is not only possible, but in fact provides independent support for UG-based analyses of the developmental sequence found in first-language Romance language and second-language German verb placement. (41 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: German, Language Research, Negative Forms (Language), Romance Languages
Bahns, Jens – IRAL, 1991
Discusses do-support errors in English made by second-language learners. Also presented are the main lines of argument in explaining this type of error from first-language research, after which, the shortcomings from these arguments are assessed. (33 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Research, Second Language Learning
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DeCarrico, Jeanette S. – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
Unless a clear distinction is made between the semantic time reference of the modal "perfect" and that of the present perfect aspect, these forms will remain confusing to students of English as a second language. A brief sequence is suggested for teaching modals which incorporates and clarifies these time relationships and simplifies the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Semantics
Mirhassani, Akbar – IRAL, 1989
A contrastive analysis clarifies the differences in the formation of English and Persian verbs through examination of language differences in person, tense, phase, aspect, mode, voice, and status. (27 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Persian
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