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Alif Silpachai – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation presents three studies that examined issues related to the production and the perception of pitch in a tone language. The first study examined linguistic contexts that may modulate consonant-induced pitch perturbations (CF0) in a tone language. Previous studies have produced mixed findings regarding the role of linguistic…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Intonation, Vowels, Speech Communication
Spewak, David Charles, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The primary concern of this dissertation is determining the distinction between semantics and pragmatics and how context sensitivity should be accommodated within a semantic theory. I approach the question over how to distinguish semantics from pragmatics from a new angle by investigating what the objects of a semantic theory are, namely…
Descriptors: Semantics, Pragmatics, Linguistic Theory, Ambiguity (Semantics)
All Together Now: Disentangling Semantics and Pragmatics with "Together" in Child and Adult Language
Syrett, Kristen; Musolino, Julien – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2016
The way in which an event is packaged linguistically can be informative about the number of participants in the event and the nature of their participation. At times, however, a sentence is ambiguous, and pragmatic information weighs in to favor one interpretation over another. Whereas adults may readily know how to pick up on such cues to…
Descriptors: Semantics, Pragmatics, Child Language, Ambiguity (Semantics)
Mestres-Missé, Anna; Münte, Thomas F.; Rodriguez-Fornells, Antoni – Second Language Research, 2014
In three experiments, we examine the effects of semantic context and word concreteness on the mapping of existing meanings to new words. We developed a new-word-learning paradigm in which participants were required to discover the meaning of a new-word form from a specific verbal context. The stimulus materials were manipulated according to word…
Descriptors: Semantics, Context Effect, Vocabulary Development, Learning Processes
Hansen, Lynne – Language Teaching, 2011
Recent years have brought increasing attention to studies of language acquisition in a country where the language is spoken, as opposed to formal language study in classrooms. Research on language learners in immersion contexts is important, as the question of whether study abroad is valuable is still somewhat controversial among researchers…
Descriptors: Language Research, Linguistics, Heterogeneous Grouping, Study Abroad
Montrul, Silvina; Foote, Rebecca; Perpinan, Silvia – Language Learning, 2008
This study investigates knowledge of gender agreement in Spanish L2 learners and heritage speakers, who differ in age and context/mode of acquisition. On some current theoretical accounts, persistent difficulty with grammatical gender in adult L2 acquisition is due to age. These accounts predict that heritage speakers should be more accurate on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Language Acquisition, Age
Collins, Laura – ELT Journal, 2007
In making decisions regarding the focus for grammar teaching, ESL instructors may take into consideration errors that appear to result from the influence of their students' first language(s) (L1). There is also evidence from language acquisition research suggesting that for some grammatical features, learners of different L1 backgrounds may face…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphemes, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning
Paterson, Kevin B.; Liversedge, Simon P.; White, Diane; Filik, Ruth; Jaz, Kristina – Language Acquisition, 2006
We report 3 studies investigating children's and adults' interpretation of ambiguous focus in sentences containing the focus-sensitive quantifier only. In each experiment, child and adult participants compared sentences with only in a preverbal position and counterpart sentences without only against a series of pictures depicting events that…
Descriptors: Sentences, Children, Adults, Comparative Analysis
Lafford, Barbara A. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2004
This study investigates the effect of the context of learning--"at home" (AH) classroom versus study abroad (SA)--on the number and types of communication strategies (CSs) used by learners of Spanish as a second language. Oral data from 46 learners--20 AH and 26 SA--were analyzed before and after the treatment period, to discern the effect of…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Study Abroad