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Direct linkDespina Papadopoulou; Nikolaos Amvrazis; Gerakini Douka; Alexandros Tantos – Modern Language Journal, 2024
The article introduces triangulation to converge evidence from corpus and experimental data, by means of two case studies in second language (L2) learners of Greek. The first case study investigates the acquisition of gender agreement, while the second probes the development of relative clauses. In both studies, findings from the corpus are tested…
Descriptors: Greek, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hwang, Haerim; Jung, Hyeyoung; Kim, Hyunwoo – Modern Language Journal, 2020
Learner corpus studies using syntactic complexity as a construct for characterizing learner proficiency have found that higher proficiency permits learners to produce more complex syntactic structures. However, the majority of previous studies have focused on writing, almost exclusively with adult second language (L2) learners. Given the…
Descriptors: Syntax, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Kim, Hyunwoo; Rah, Yangon – Modern Language Journal, 2016
This study investigates the influence of the semantic heaviness of verbs (i.e., heavy or light verbs) and language proficiency on second language (L2) learners' use of constructional information in a sentence-sorting task and a corpus analysis. Previous studies employing a sentence-sorting task demonstrated that advanced L2 learners sorted English…
Descriptors: Verbs, Semantics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Staples, Shelley; Biber, Douglas; Reppen, Randi – Modern Language Journal, 2018
One of the central considerations in the validity argument for the TOEFL iBT is the relationship between the language on the exam and the language required for university courses. Corpus linguistics has recently been shown to be an effective way to explore this relationship, which can also be considered as an aspect of authenticity. Applying…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Testing, English (Second Language), Language Tests
Meunier, Fanny; Littre, Damien – Modern Language Journal, 2013
The article discusses the potential of combining learner corpus research with experimental studies in order to fine-tune the understanding of learner language development. It illustrates the complementarity of the two methodological approaches with data from an ongoing study of the acquisition of the English tense and aspect system by French…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Morphemes
He, An E. – Modern Language Journal, 2011
This article reports a comparative study of first language (L1) Chinese and second language (L2) English lessons in Hong Kong secondary schools. Aiming to explore how to take advantage of L1 academic proficiency for the benefit of L2 development, the study asked how Chinese and English lessons compare in terms of the content knowledge covered and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
