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Direct linkSanz, Cristina; Lin, Hui-Ju; Lado, Beatriz; Stafford, Catherine A.; Bowden, Harriet W. – Applied Linguistics, 2016
The article summarizes results from two experimental studies (N = 23, N = 21) investigating the extent to which working memory capacity (WMC) intervenes in "ab initio" language development under two pedagogical conditions [± grammar lesson + input-based practice + explicit feedback]. The linguistic target is the use of morphosyntax to…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Language Proficiency, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Slabakova, Roumyana; Cabrelli Amaro, Jennifer; Kyun Kang, Sang – Applied Linguistics, 2016
This article presents results of two off-line comprehension tasks investigating the acceptability of unconventional and conventional metonymy by native speakers of Korean and Spanish who speak English as a second language. We are interested in discovering whether learners differentiate between conventional and unconventional metonymy, and whether…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
Corrigan, Roberta – Applied Linguistics, 2007
This paper examines an under-studied component of deep vocabulary knowledge, affective meaning, which is used to convey attitudes. Two affective dimensions, evaluation and potency, are examined to determine whether they influence the vocabulary choices of native speakers of American-English in describing interpersonal interactions. In Experiment…
Descriptors: Semantics, Patients, Sentences, Nouns
Bell, Nancy D. – Applied Linguistics, 2005
In the past few years researchers have begun to show an interest in humour and language play as it relates to second language learning (SLL). Tarone (2000) has suggested that L2 language play may be facilitative of SLL, in particular by developing sociolinguistic competence, as learners experiment with L2 voices; and by destabilizing the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Semantics, Interaction, Play
