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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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Bijvoet, Ellen; Fraurud, Kari – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2012
This article makes a case for studying the perceptions that young people have of the ways of speaking of both themselves and others on the supposition that constructions of ambient sociolinguistic variation have an impact on the language development and use of individual language users. Such a study is particularly relevant in multilingual…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Multilingualism, Young Adults, Language Variation