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Syntactic Prediction Adaptation Accounts for Language Processing and Language Learning
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Havron, Naomi; Babineau, Mireille; Fiévet, Anne-Caroline; de Carvalho, Alex; Christophe, Anne – Language Learning, 2021
A previous study has shown that children use recent input to adapt their syntactic predictions and use these adapted predictions to infer the meaning of novel words. In the current study, we investigated whether children could use this mechanism to disambiguate words whose interpretation as a noun or a verb is ambiguous. We tested 2- to 4-year-old…
Descriptors: Syntax, Prediction, Linguistic Input, Inferences
First Language Influence on Second Language Offline and Online Ambiguous Pronoun Resolution
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Schimke, Sarah; la Fuente, Israel; Hemforth, Barbara; Colonna, Saveria – Language Learning, 2018
This study examined first language (L1) influence on second language (L2) ambiguous pronoun resolution by investigating (a) whether L1 influence takes place at the level of the pronominal form (form-dependent influence) and/or at the level of the construction in which the form appears (construction-dependent influence) and (b) whether effects…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Form Classes (Languages), French
Intercultural Conflict and Mediation: An Intergroup Perspective
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Rubenfeld, Sara; Clement, Richard – Language Learning, 2012
This study investigates the role of components of intercultural competence in the use of intercultural mediation behaviors. Through the use of the Revised Intercultural Mediation Measure, an instrument revised by the authors, 291 Anglophone and 161 Francophone participants in Canada were asked to indicate their likelihood of employing various…
Descriptors: Role, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Conflict
Word Family Size and French-Speaking Children's Segmentation of Existing Compounds
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Nicoladis, Elena; Krott, Andrea – Language Learning, 2007
The family size of the constituents of compound words, or the number of compounds sharing the constituents, affects English-speaking children's compound segmentation. This finding is consistent with a usage-based theory of language acquisition, whereby children learn abstract underlying linguistic structure through their experience with particular…
Descriptors: Semantics, French, Language Acquisition, Language Usage
Handling Discourse: Gestures, Reference Tracking, and Communication Strategies in Early L2
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Gullberg, Marianne – Language Learning, 2006
The production of cohesive discourse, especially maintained reference, poses problems for early second language L2 speakers. This paper considers a communicative account of overexplicit L2 discourse by focusing on the interdependence between spoken and gestural cohesion, the latter being expressed by anchoring of referents in gesture space.…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Indo European Languages, French, Second Language Learning
French L2 Learners: What They're Talking About.
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Lightbown, Patsy M. – Language Learning, 1977
Describes a research project in which the acquisition of French by two six-year-old boys, native speakers of English, was observed longitudinally. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language, Children
Affective Factors and Language Exposure in Second Language Learning.
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Hamayan, Fred Genesee; And Others – Language Learning, 1977
Three groups of Grade 7 students participated in a study to examine the personality and language exposure factors associated with learning French as a second language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Grade 7