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Effects of Distributed Practice on the Acquisition of Verb-Noun Collocations
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Yamagata, Satoshi; Nakata, Tatsuya; Rogers, James – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Given the importance of collocational knowledge for second language learning, how collocation learning can be facilitated is an important question. The present study examined the effects of three different practice schedules on collocation learning: node massed, collocation massed, and collocation spaced. In the node-massed schedule, three…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Verbs, Learning Processes
Comparing the Longitudinal Development of Phraseological Complexity across Oral and Written Tasks
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Nathan Vandeweerd; Alex Housen; Magali Paquot – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study builds upon previous research investigating the construct validity of phraseological complexity as an index of L2 development and proficiency. Whereas previous studies have focused on cross-sectional comparisons of written productions across proficiency levels, the current study compares the "longitudinal" development of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Longitudinal Studies
Quantificational Cues Modulate the Processing of English Subject-Verb Agreement by Native Chinese Speakers: An ERP Study
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Armstrong, Andrew; Bulkes, Nyssa; Tanner, Darren – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
Numerous studies have demonstrated that native Mandarin speakers have pervasive difficulties processing L2 English agreement morphology. However, less is known about the lexical and morphological cues that may modulate Mandarin speakers' sensitivity to English number agreement. To investigate this, we examined subject-verb agreement processing in…
Descriptors: Cues, Language Processing, Mandarin Chinese, Nouns
Transitivity in the Process of Intransitive Clauses: A Category-Based Prediction in Low-Intermediate Learners of English
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Dekydtspotter, Laurent; Seo, Hyun-Kyoung – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
We document weak garden paths after intransitive verbs, modulated by intransitivity type, in the treatment of DP[subscript 1] V[subscript intransitive] DP[subscript 2] V[subscript 2] sequences as in "As the journalist arrived the editor postponed the meeting" in first language (L1) and second language (L2) sentence processing. In a…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Processing
The Bounds of Adult Language Acquisition: Blocking and Learned Attention
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Ellis, Nick C.; Sagarra, Nuria – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2011
The current study investigates the limited attainment of adult language acquisition in terms of an associative learning phenomenon whereby earlier learned cues attentionally block those that are experienced later. Short- and long-term blocking are demonstrated in experimental investigations of learned attention in the acquisition of temporal…
Descriptors: Cues, Form Classes (Languages), Associative Learning, Early Experience
Native Speakers' versus L2 Learners' Sensitivity to Parallelism in Vp-Ellipsis
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Duffield, Nigel G.; Matsuo, Ayumi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2009
This article examines sensitivity to structural parallelism in verb phrase ellipsis constructions in English native speakers as well as in three groups of advanced second language (L2) learners. The results of a set of experiments, based on those of Tanenhaus and Carlson (1990), reveal subtle but reliable differences among the various learner…
Descriptors: Verbs, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning