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What a Bayesian Analysis Can Do for SLA: New Tools for the Sociolinguistic Study of Subject Expression in L2 Spanish
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Gudmestad, Aarnes; House, Leanna; Geeslin, Kimberly L. – Language Learning, 2013
This study constitutes the first statistical analysis to employ a Bayesian multinomial probit model in the investigation of subject expression in first and second language (L2) Spanish. The study analyzes the use of third-person subject-expression forms and demonstrates that the following variables are important for subject expression:…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Spanish
Acquiring Noun Plurals in Palestinian Arabic: Morphology, Familiarity, and Pattern Frequency
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Saiegh-Haddad, Elinor; Hadieh, Areen; Ravid, Dorit – Language Learning, 2012
The study examined the acquisition of two morphological procedures of noun pluralization in Palestinian Arabic: "Sound Feminine Plural" (SFP) and "Broken Plural" (BP). We tested if noun pluralization was affected by (1) the type of morphological procedure, (2) the degree of familiarity with the singular noun stem, and (3) the…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Morphemes, Semitic Languages, English (Second Language)
An Implicational Model for Second Language Research.
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Anderson, Roger W. – Language Learning, 1978
Offers a model for research in second language acquisition. The model is based on implicational analysis and attempts to account for individuals and groups, systematicity and variability. An analysis of the use of grammatical morphemes by Spanish-speaking students of English illustrates the model. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Individual Differences, Language Research