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Direct linkAsfaha, Yonas Mesfun; Kurvers, Jeanne; Kroon, Sjaak – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
The study investigated reading in four African languages that use either syllabic Ge'ez (Tigrinya and Tigre languages) or alphabetic Latin scripts (Kunama and Saho). A sample of 385 Grade 1 children were given letter knowledge, word reading, and spelling tasks to investigate differences at the script and language levels. Results showed that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Reading Instruction, Syllables
Peer reviewedBerg, Thomas – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1992
The role of word class and gender during lexical access in language production was studied. The results indicated a distinction between prelexical (word class) and postlexical (gender) features, a distinction that could most naturally be implemented in a parallel-interactive processing network. (33 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedIssidorides, Diana C.; Hulstijn, Jan H. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1992
The question explored is whether native speakers'"simplified" or modified utterances, as in foreigner-talk (FT), actually facilitate comprehension for nonnative speakers hearing such utterances. It is concluded that linguistically more complex input will not necessarily impede comprehension. (49 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comprehension, Dutch, Foreign Countries
