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Direct linkPaquot, Magali – Second Language Research, 2017
This study investigated French and Spanish EFL (English as a foreign language) learners' preferred use of three-word lexical bundles with discourse or stance-oriented function with a view to exploring the role of first language (L1) frequency effects in foreign language acquisition. Word combinations were extracted from learner performance data…
Descriptors: Native Language, French, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Türker, Ebru – Second Language Research, 2016
This study investigates how figurative language is processed by learners of a second language (L2). With an experiment testing L2 comprehension of figurative expressions in three categories, each combining shared and unshared first language (L1) and L2 lexical representations and conceptual representations in a different way, the study…
Descriptors: Language Role, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Figurative Language
Montrul, Silvina; Dias, Rejanes; Santos, Helade – Second Language Research, 2011
This article addresses the role of previously acquired languages in the acquisition of a third language (L3) in two experimental studies on object expression in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). Participants were English-speaking learners of BP as L3 with knowledge of Spanish as a second language (L2) and Spanish-speaking learners of BP with knowledge of…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Speech Communication, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Bardel, Camilla; Falk, Ylva – Second Language Research, 2007
In this study of the placement of sentence negation in third language acquisition (L3), we argue that there is a qualitative difference between the acquisition of a true second language (L2) and the subsequent acquisition of an L3. Although there is considerable evidence for L2 influence on vocabulary acquisition in L3, not all researchers believe…
Descriptors: Syntax, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Multilingualism
Peer reviewedMeisel, Jurgen M. – Second Language Research, 1997
The Basic Variety (BV) is understood as instantiation of essential properties of human language capacity and is claimed to be a natural language in the sense that it is constrained by principles of Universal Grammar. This article raises a few points casting doubt on claim that the BV is an I-language, highlighting problem of determining the role…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Research
Peer reviewedBalcom, Patricia A. – Second Language Research, 2001
Provides a general overview of two books--"The Second Time Around: Minimalism and Second Language Acquisition" and "Second Language Syntax: A Generative Introduction--and shows how the respond to key issues in second language acquisition, including the process of second language acquisition, access to universal grammar, the role of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Generative Grammar, Grammar, Language Research
