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Learning to Express Motion Events in an L2: The Case of Chinese Directional Complements
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Wu, Shu-Ling – Language Learning, 2011
The present study adopted a cognitive linguistic framework--Talmy's (1985, 1991, 2000) typological classification of motion events--to investigate how second-language (L2) Chinese learners come to express motion events in a targetlike manner. Fifty-five U.S. university students and 20 native speakers of Chinese participated in the study. A…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Morphemes, Motion, Native Speakers
Strategies, Language Transfer and the Simulation of the Second Language Learner's Mental Operations.
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Smith, Mike Sharwood – Language Learning, 1979
An attempt is made to describe second language behavior and language transfer in cybernetic terms. This should make it possible to translate language into machine language and to clarify psycholinguistic explanations of second language performance. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cybernetics, Interference (Language), Interlanguage