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Siew, Cynthia S. Q.; Engelthaler, Tomas; Hills, Thomas T. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2022
How does the relation between two words create humor? In this article, we investigated the effect of global and local contrast on the humor of word pairs. We capitalized on the existence of psycholinguistic lexical norms by examining violations of expectations set up by typical patterns of English usage (global contrast) and within the local…
Descriptors: Semantics, Humor, Norms, Language Patterns
Terry, Kristen M. Kennedy – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2017
This study uses a mixed-effects model to examine the acquisition of targetlike patterns of phonological variation by 17 English-speaking learners of French during study abroad in France. Naturalistic speech data provide evidence for the incipient acquisition of a phonological variable showing sociostylistic variation in native speaker speech: the…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Study Abroad, Phonology
Tagarelli, Kaitlyn M.; Ruiz, Simón; Vega, José Luis Moreno; Rebuschat, Patrick – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016
Second language learning outcomes are highly variable, due to a variety of factors, including individual differences, exposure conditions, and linguistic complexity. However, exactly how these factors interact to influence language learning is unknown. This article examines the relationship between these three variables in language learners.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Correlation, Native Speakers
Bylund, Emanuel; Athanasopoulos, Panos – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
The present study seeks to expand the current focus on acquisition situations in linguistic relativity research by exploring the effects of nativisation (the process by which a L2 is acquired as a L1) on language-specific cognitive behaviour. Categorisation preferences of goal-oriented motion events were investigated in South African speakers who…
Descriptors: Motion, Classification, Native Language, English
Parkinson, Amber; Hajek, John – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2004
Although the Italian system of address pronouns is relatively complex, scant attention is paid to the issue in L2 manuals designed for English-speaking learners of Italian. After showing that Italian L2 manuals are not necessarily accurate in the limited detail they provide, we examine specifically the frequent claim that so-called informal…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Foreign Countries, Italian, English

Bortolini, Umberta; Leonard, Laurence B.; Caselli, Maria Cristina – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1998
Children with specific language impairments (eight learning Italian, eight learning English as a first language) were studied for grammatical deficits. Italian-speakers used noun inflections, verb inflections, copula forms more than English-speaking counterparts, matched by utterance length. Articles were used similarly. Results were consistent…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis