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Definite Discourse-New Reference in L1 and L2: The Case of L2 Mandarin
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Crosthwaite, Peter; Yeung, Yuk; Bai, Xuefei; Lu, Li; Bae, Yeonsuk – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
Definite discourse-new bridging reference (e.g., a school … "the teacher"; Clark, 1975) is a complex syntax-pragmatic component of referential movement, one that is subject to relatively opaque form-function contingency compared with forms used for discourse-old reference, and one that is especially prone to crosslinguistic influence.…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Mandarin Chinese, Syntax
The Role of L1 Phonology in L2 Morphological Production: L2 English Past Tense Production by L1 Spanish, Mandarin, and Japanese Speakers
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Amaro, Jennifer Cabrelli; Campos-Dintrans, Gonzalo; Rothman, Jason – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
This study considers the role of L1 phonological influence in L2 English past tense morphology production by native speakers of Spanish, Mandarin, and Japanese. While these L1s share similar phonological restrictions on consonant cluster formation needed for English past tense morphology, differences arise in L1 syntax (only Mandarin lacks…
Descriptors: Role, Native Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Interpreting Recasts as Linguistic Evidence: The Roles of Linguistic Target, Length, and Degree of Change
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Egi, Takako – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
Researchers have claimed that recasts might be ambiguous as feedback. Because recasts serve a dual function, as both feedback and conversational response, learners might not always interpret them as feedback (e.g., Lyster & Ranta, 1997). This study explores how learners interpret recasts they notice (as responses to content, negative evidence,…
Descriptors: Grammar, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Japanese
L2 Acquisition of Japanese Unaccusative Verbs.
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Hirakawa, Makiko – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2001
Investigated the acquisition of Japanese unaccusative verbs by English-speaking learners, specifically whether second language learners are sensitive to syntactic and semantic properties associated with the "takusan" construction as a syntactic test and the "-teiru" construction as a semantic test. Results show learners generally know the…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Semantics
Lexical Constraints on the Acquisition of Split Intransitivity: Evidence from L2 Japanese.
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Sorace, Antonella; Shomura, Yoko – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2001
Investigates the acquisition of the unaccusative-unergative distinction in second language Japanese by English learners. Aims to establish whether learners of Japanese are sensitive to the lexical-semantic characteristics of verbs in similar ways as learners of Romance languages who were found to follow the split intransitivity hierarchy.…
Descriptors: Japanese, Linguistic Theory, Romance Languages, Second Language Instruction
Receptive and Productive Vocabulary Learning: The Effects of Reading and Writing on Word Knowledge
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Webb, Stuart – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2005
This study investigates the effects of receptive and productive vocabulary learning on word knowledge. Japanese students studying English as a foreign language learned target words in three glossed sentences and in a sentence production task in two experiments. Five aspects of vocabulary knowledge--orthography, syntax, association, grammatical…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning