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Direct linkPichler, Deborah Chen; Koulidobrova, Elena – Language Learning, 2023
Second language acquisition (SLA) research offers valuable insight on how languages are learned and how they coexist and influence each other. Sign language learners offer unique perspectives on SLA, allowing researchers to test theories that are otherwise constrained by access to only one modality. Current literature on sign language learning…
Descriptors: Language Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sign Language
Trecca, Fabio; McCauley, Stewart M.; Andersen, Sofie Riis; Bleses, Dorthe; Basbøll, Hans; Højen, Anders; Madsen, Thomas O.; Ribu, Ingeborg Sophie Bjønness; Christiansen, Morten H. – Language Learning, 2019
Research has shown that contoids (phonetically defined consonants) may provide more robust and reliable cues to syllable and word boundaries than vocoids (phonetically defined vowels). Recent studies of Danish, a language characterized by frequent long sequences of vocoids in speech, have suggested that the reduced occurrence of contoids may make…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Phonetics, Cues, Linguistic Theory
Lyskawa, Paulina; Nagy, Naomi – Language Learning, 2020
We examined case-marking variation in heritage Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian. Comparing heritage to homeland Polish and Ukrainian speakers, we found only a few types and a few tokens of systematic distinction between heritage and homeland varieties. A total of 6,291 instances of nouns and pronouns were extracted from transcribed conversations…
Descriptors: Slavic Languages, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Grammar
Peer reviewedBley-Vroman, Robert – Language Learning, 1983
Studies of second language acquisition often employ analytical concepts defined relative to the target language. This practice can be a serious obstacle to investigation of crucial questions about the nature of the learners' languages. This comparative fallacy's drawbacks are illustrated through a framework designed to study interlanguage…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Goldschneider, Jennifer M.; DeKeyser, Robert M. – Language Learning, 2005
This meta-analysis pools data from 25 years of research on the order of acquisition of English grammatical morphemes by students of English as a second language (ESL). Some researchers have posited a "natural" order of acquisition common to all ESL learners, but no single cause has been shown for this phenomenon. Our study investigated…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Semantics, Grammar
Wang, Min; Koda, Keiko – Language Learning, 2007
This study examined word identification skills between two groups of college students with different first language (L1) backgrounds (Chinese and Korean) learning to read English as a second language (ESL). Word identification skills were tested in a naming experiment and an auditory category judgment task. Both groups of ESL learners demonstrated…
Descriptors: Identification, Reading Processes, English (Second Language), Word Recognition
