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Lei, Daisy; Liu, Yushuang; van Hell, Janet G. – Language Learning, 2022
We examined the impact of images on novel word learning and consolidation, in a conceptual replication of Liu and Van Hell (2020). After participants had learned one set of novel words with definitions and images on Day 1 (remote words) and a different set on Day 2 (recent words), they judged the semantic relatedness of word pairs on Days 2 and 8…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Definitions, Learning Processes, Semantics
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Lee, Crystal; Kurumada, Chigusa – Language Learning, 2021
Three experiments investigated adult learners' acquisition of a novel adjective. In English and other languages, meanings of some gradable adjectives are said to include an absolute standard of comparison (e.g., "full" means completely filled with content). However, actual usage is often imprecise, where a maximum absolute standard of…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Adult Learning, Language Usage, Semantics
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Bolger, Patrick; Zapata, Gabriela – Language Learning, 2011
This article extends recent findings that presenting semantically related vocabulary simultaneously inhibits learning. It does so by adding story contexts. Participants learned 32 new labels for known concepts from four different semantic categories in stories that were either semantically related (one category per story) or semantically unrelated…
Descriptors: Semantics, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Classification
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Leung, Janny H. C.; Williams, John N. – Language Learning, 2012
Although there is good evidence for implicit learning of associations between forms, little work has investigated implicit learning of form-meaning connections, and the findings are somewhat contradictory. Two experiments were carried out using a novel reaction time methodology to investigate implicit learning of grammatical form-meaning…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Semantics, Nouns, Grammar
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Hamada, Megumi; Koda, Keiko – Language Learning, 2008
This study examined the influence of first language (L1) orthographic experiences on decoding and semantic information retention of new words in a second language (L2). Hypotheses were that congruity in L1 and L2 orthographic experiences determines L2 decoding efficiency, which, in turn, affects semantic information encoding and retention.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Semantics, Second Language Learning, Learning Processes