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Finley, Sara – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
In traditional, generative phonology, sound patterns are represented in terms of abstract features, typically based on the articulatory properties of the sounds. The present study makes use of an artificial language learning experiment to explore when and how learners extend a novel phonological pattern to novel segments. Adult, English-speaking…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Generalization, Articulation (Speech), Artificial Languages
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Maldonado, Mora; Culbertson, Jennifer – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2021
Languages vary with respect to whether sentences with two negative elements give rise to double negation or negative concord meanings. We explore an influential hypothesis about what governs this variation: namely, that whether a language exhibits double negation or negative concord is partly determined by the phonological and syntactic nature of…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Morphemes, Sentence Structure, Artificial Languages
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Jiang, Fan; Kennison, Shelia – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2022
The current study investigates the influence of L2 English learners' belief about their interlocutor's English proficiency on phonetic accommodation and explores whether interaction-induced phonetic convergence could improve L2 English learners' vowel pronunciation. Results from two experiments show that when the subjects believed that their…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Student Attitudes
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El-Dakhs, Dina Abdel Salam; Altarriba, Jeanette – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
The current study examines the influence of word type (i.e., emotion-label vs. emotion-laden) and valence (i.e., positive vs. negative vs. neutral) on the processing of emotion words among bilinguals. To this end, three groups of Arabic--English bilinguals (n = 120 per group) completed the tasks of free recall, ratings for concreteness,…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Psycholinguistics
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Morett, Laura M. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
Prior research suggests that viewing still images and iconic gestures depicting concepts facilitates the learning of concrete words in the initial stages of second language (L2) acquisition. To date, however, the effect of viewing iconic gestures and images hasn't been systematically compared to the effect of glosses in the learning and retrieval…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
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Alwazna, Rafat – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
Based on Mahboob and Elyas (World Engl 33(1):128-142, 2014), who identified an expanding circle variety of Englishes, known as 'Saudi English', the present paper addresses the consonantal variations between Formal English and a sub-variety of Saudi English, termed as 'Saudi Hijazi English'. The paper presents the specific consonants of Saudi…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Translation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Santoro, Maurizio – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
The present study has investigated the occurrence of the English anaphoric expressions, he/she, in L2 grammars. Adult Chinese learners of English were evaluated on whether they were able to provide a correct semantic interpretation of these pronouns when they appeared in complex sentences (subordinate + matrix) and correlative structures. Results…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Speakers
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Jin, Jing; Ke, Sihui – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2021
This study is aimed to re-examine the Interface Hypothesis via investigating the adult L2 acquisition of the word order variation of numeral classifier indefinites at the syntax-semantics and syntax-discourse interfaces in L2 Chinese. A computerized acceptability judgment task was administered to 41 advanced and intermediate adult Korean learners…
Descriptors: Word Order, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Syntax
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Mehdiabadi, Fatemeh; Maadad, Nina; Arabmofrad, Ali – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
In recent years, despite the fact that many researchers have devoted much of their attention to second language attrition, not much focus has been given to first language attrition (FLA) specifically among Iranian immigrants. The present study attempts to describe FLA in the semantic domain of idiomatic expression and effect of length of residence…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Indo European Languages, Native Language, Language Role
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Gohar, Manoochehr Jafari; Rahmanian, Mahboubeh; Soleimani, Hassan – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2018
Vocabulary learning has always been a great concern and has attracted the attention of many researchers. Among the vocabulary learning hypotheses, "involvement load hypothesis" and "technique feature analysis" have been proposed which attempt to bring some concepts like noticing, motivation, and generation into focus. In the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Theory, Predictor Variables, English (Second Language)
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Deng, Taiping; Chen, Baoguo – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
The usage-based theory highlights the important role of linguistic input in language acquisition, and assumes that syntactic representations could be entrenched through usage or exposure. In the present study, we used the event-related potential technique to investigate the long-term effect of input training on second language (L2) syntactic…
Descriptors: Syntax, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Language Processing
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Heidari, Kamal – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
The issue of moving vocabulary knowledge from receptive to productive mode is among the most important but less studied strands of second or foreign language learning. The present study served as an attempt to shed light on this issue by taking into account the trait of willingness to communicate as an indicator of learners' capability in…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Individual Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tytus, Agnieszka Ewa – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2017
The growing number of multilingual speakers poses an interesting question as to the way in which three or more languages are represented in the memory of a language user. The Revised Hierarchical Model (Kroll and Stewart in "J Mem Lang" 33: 149-174, 1994) or the Sense Model (Finkbeiner et al. in "J Mem Lang" 51(1), 1-22, 2004)…
Descriptors: Semantics, Second Language Learning, German, French
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Pae, Hye K.; Lee, Yong-Won – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2015
This study examined lexical processing in English by native speakers of Korean and Chinese, compared to that of native speakers of English, using normal, alternated, and inverse fonts. Sixty four adult students participated in a lexical decision task. The findings demonstrated similarities and differences in accuracy and latency among the three L1…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Language Processing, English (Second Language), Korean
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Huang, Becky H. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2014
The current study examined the age of learning effect on second language (L2) acquisition. The research goals of the study were twofold: to test whether there is an independent age effect controlling for other potentially confounding variables, and to clarify the age effect across L2 grammar and speech production domains. The study included 118…
Descriptors: Age, Second Language Learning, Grammar, English
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