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Omaki, Akira; Schulz, Barbara – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2011
Second-language (L2) sentence processing may differ from processing in a native language in a variety of ways, and it has been argued that one major difference is that L2 learners can only construct shallow representations that lack structural details (e.g., Clahsen & Felser, 2006). The present study challenges this hypothesis by comparing the…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Control Groups, Sentences, Second Language Learning
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Bardel, Camilla; Gudmundson, Anna; Lindqvist, Christina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012
This article reports on the design and use of a profiler for lexical sophistication (i.e., use of advanced vocabulary), which was created to assess the lexical richness of intermediate and advanced Swedish second language (L2) learners' French and Italian. It discusses how teachers' judgments (TJs) of word difficulty can contribute to the…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Effect Size, Profiles, Vocabulary Development
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Bofman, Theodora – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1989
A study examined the relationship between syntactic complexity and overall accuracy in the written English of 30 advanced learners of English from five different native language groups. Results show similar patterns of error distribution, a similar level of relative strength in syntax, and relative weakness in morphology. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Advanced Students, Arabic, Chinese