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Gao, Jianwu; Ma, Shuang – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study explored the interaction between learning conditions, linguistic complexity, and first language (L1) syntactic transfer in semiartificial grammar learning by conceptually replicating and extending Tagarelli et al. (2016). We changed the L1 background, elicited production data during debriefing, and added a binary mixed-effects logistic…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Difficulty Level, Syntax, Artificial Languages
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Maie, Ryo; DeKeyser, Robert M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2020
This study is the first to compare objective and subjective measures of explicit and implicit knowledge under learning from incidental exposure. An experiment was conducted, during which L1 English speakers were trained on a semiartificial language, "Japlish." A measure of explicit knowledge and a recently proposed measure of implicit…
Descriptors: Native Language, English, Artificial Languages, Measures (Individuals)
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Caldwell-Harris, Catherine L.; Lancaster, Alia; Ladd, D. Robert; Dediu, Dan; Christiansen, Morten H. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2015
This study examined whether musical training, ethnicity, and experience with a natural tone language influenced sensitivity to tone while listening to an artificial tone language. The language was designed with three tones, modeled after level-tone African languages. Participants listened to a 15-min random concatenation of six 3-syllable words.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Music Education, Ethnicity, Racial Differences