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Nadia Lana; Victor Kuperman – Language Learning and Development, 2024
This study investigates the role of emotional linguistic input in learning novel words with abstract and concrete denotations. It is widely accepted that concrete words are processed more easily than abstract ones. Several theories of vocabulary acquisition additionally propose a critical role of sensorimotor and emotional information during novel…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Semantics, Emotional Response
Xiang, Keshu; Chang, Hui – Language Learning and Development, 2023
The present study investigates the multiple constraints on the processing of English dative alternation by Chinese EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners. The intermediate and advanced learners completed an acceptability judgment task which was composed of 30 dative alternations selected from a spoken corpus. The results showed that the…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Grammar, Verbs, Predictor Variables
Is 10 Better than 1? The Effect of Speaker Variability on Children's Cross-Situational Word Learning
Crespo, Kimberly; Kaushanskaya, Margarita – Language Learning and Development, 2021
The current study examined the effect of speaker variability on children's cross-situational word learning (XSWL). The study also examined the role of bilingual experience and sustained attention. Forty English monolingual children and 40 Spanish-English bilingual children ages 4-7 completed a XSWL task in a Single Speaker Condition and a Multiple…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Task Analysis, Linguistic Input, Bilingualism
McDonald, Margarethe; Gross, Megan; Buac, Milijana; Batko, Michelle; Kaushanskaya, Margarita – Language Learning and Development, 2018
This study tested the effect of Spanish-accented speech on sentence comprehension in children with different degrees of Spanish experience. The hypothesis was that earlier acquisition of Spanish would be associated with enhanced comprehension of Spanish-accented speech. Three groups of 5-6-year-old children were tested: monolingual…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Monolingualism, Language Processing, English
Gámez, Perla B.; Vasilyeva, Marina – Language Learning and Development, 2015
This investigation extended the use of the priming methodology to 5- and 6-year-olds at the beginning stages of learning English as a second language (L2). In Study 1, 14 L2 children described transitive scenes without an experimenter's input. They produced no passives and minimal actives; most of their utterances were incomplete. In Study 2, 56…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Syntax, English (Second Language), Priming