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Reynolds, Barry Lee; Ding, Chen – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of word-related factors (i.e. frequency, range, dispersion and cognateness) on first-language English (L1E) readers' (n = 20) and second-language English (L2E) readers' (n = 20) incidental acquisition of vocabulary through the reading of an authentic novel.…
Descriptors: Native Language, English, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Reynolds, Barry Lee – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of word internal morphological form variation on adult first language (L1) (n = 20) incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading. Design/methodology/approach: Participants were given a 37,611-token English novel containing pseudo words, placed throughout the text by the novelist. Two…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, Task Analysis, Word Frequency