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Abdullah Alamer; Florian Schuberth; Jörg Henseler – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Researchers in second language (L2) and education domain use different statistical methods to assess their constructs of interest. Many L2 constructs emerge from elements/parts, i.e., the elements "define" and "form" the construct and not the other way around. These constructs are referred to as emergent variables (also called…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Second Language Learning, Language Research
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Geiss, Miriam; Gumbsheimer, Sonja; Lloyd-Smith, Anika; Schmid, Svenja; Kupisch, Tanja – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study brings together two previously largely independent fields of multilingual language acquisition: heritage language and third language (L3) acquisition. We investigate the production of fortis and lenis stops in semi-naturalistic speech in the three languages of 20 heritage speakers (HSs) of Italian with German as a majority language and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, German, Italian, English (Second Language)
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Perez-Cortes, Silvia – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
For more than a decade, research on heritage speakers' (HSs') mood selection has documented a high degree of variability in their interpretation and use of mood morphology in variable contexts. Most of the previous literature, however, has focused on late-acquired alternations, and often limited analyses to one form (i.e., subjunctive), making it…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grammar, Heritage Education, Verbs
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Cintrón-Valentín, Myrna C.; García-Amaya, Lorenzo – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
To probe the limits of attention raising through form-focused instruction, second-language research must adapt to the needs of a technologically driven learning environment. In this study, we used a randomized control design to investigate the effect of captioned media on the learning of vocabulary and grammar in L2 Spanish (n = 369 learners).…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
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Hamrick, Phillip; Sachs, Rebecca – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
Artificial linguistic systems (ALSs) offer many potential benefits for second language acquisition (SLA) research. Nonetheless, their use in experiments with posttest-only designs can give rise to internal validity problems depending on the baseline that is employed to establish evidence of learning. Researchers in this area often compare…
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Second Language Learning, Statistical Analysis, Control Groups
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Plonsky, Luke; Oswald, Frederick L. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
Second language (L2) research relies heavily and increasingly on ANOVA (analysis of variance)-based results as a means to advance theory and practice. This fact alone should merit some reflection on the utility and value of ANOVA. It is possible that we could use this procedure more appropriately and, as argued here, other analyses such as…
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning
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Kim, YouJin; Jung, YeonJoo; Skalicky, Stephen – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
The current study examined the occurrence and benefits of linguistic alignment in two modalities, face-to-face (FTF) and synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC), focusing on stranded prepositions in relative clauses. It further examined how learner characteristics (i.e., working memory, language proficiency, previous knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication
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Contemori, Carla; Asiri, Ohood; Perea Irigoyen, Elva Deida – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
We test the interpretation of pronominal forms in L2 speakers of English whose L1 is Spanish. Previous research on learners of nonnull subject languages has shown conflicting results. The aim of the present study is to reconcile previous evidence and shed light on the factors that determine learners' difficulty to interpret pronominal forms in the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Form Classes (Languages), Difficulty Level, Native Speakers
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Zhang, Haomin; Koda, Keiko – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
This exploratory study aimed to examine whether early exposure to Chinese as a heritage language (CHL) provides facilitation in word-knowledge development in collegiate CHL learners by comparing word-level subskills, including oral vocabulary knowledge, print vocabulary knowledge, morphological awareness, and lexical inferencing ability, between…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Vocabulary Development, Chinese, Heritage Education
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Römer, Ute; Berger, Cynthia M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Based on writing produced by second language learners at different proficiency levels (CEFR A1 to C1), we adopted a usage-based approach (Ellis, Römer, & O'Donnell, 2016; Tyler & Ortega, 2018) to investigate how German and Spanish learner knowledge of 19 English verb-argument constructions (VACs; e.g., "V with n," illustrated by…
Descriptors: German, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Andringa, Sible – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2014
In critical period hypothesis (CPH) research, native speaker (NS) norm groups have often been used to determine whether nonnative speakers (NNSs) were able to score within the NS range of scores. One goal of this article is to investigate what NS samples were used in previous CPH research. The literature review shows that NS control groups tend to…
Descriptors: Language Research, Native Speakers, Indo European Languages, Comparative Analysis
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Reichle, Robert V.; Birdsong, David – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2014
This study examined the event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited by focus processing among first language (L1) speakers and second language (L2) learners of French. Participants read wh-questions containing explicit focus marking, followed by responses instantiating contrastive and informational focus. We hypothesized that L2 proficiency would…
Descriptors: French, Native Speakers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Kanwit, Matthew; Geeslin, Kimberly L. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2014
The present study fills a need for investigations of learner and native speaker (NS) interpretation of the Spanish subjunctive in contexts that allow variation. The analysis compares responses by NSs and three levels of learners on a written interpretation task in which each item contained a temporal indicator ("cuando" "when",…
Descriptors: Spanish, Spanish Speaking, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Roberts, Leah; Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2013
Second language (L2) researchers are becoming more interested in both L2 learners' knowledge of the target language and how that knowledge is put to use during real-time language processing. Researchers are therefore beginning to see the importance of combining traditional L2 research methods with those that capture the moment-by-moment…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Second Language Learning, Language Processing, Language Research
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Wolter, Brent; Gyllstad, Henrik – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2013
This study investigated the influence of frequency effects on the processing of congruent (i.e., having an equivalent first language [L1] construction) collocations and incongruent (i.e., not having an equivalent L1 construction) collocations in a second language (L2). An acceptability judgment task was administered to native and advanced…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure, Language Usage
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