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Direct linkAdam Liter – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation presents a series of case studies concerned with whether the signal in a given set of measurements that we take in the course of linguistic inquiry reflects grammatical competence or performance factors. We know that performance and competence do not always covary, yet it is not uncommon to assume that measurements that we take…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grammar, Linguistic Competence, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedPuig-Mayenco, Eloi; González Alonso, Jorge; Rothman, Jason – Second Language Research, 2020
The present systematic review examines what factors determine when, how and to what extent previous linguistic experience (from the first language, second language or both languages) affects the initial stages and beyond of adult third language (L3) acquisition. In doing so, we address what a bird's eye view of the data tells us regarding…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Prior Learning, Native Language, Adults
Lidia Federica Mazzitelli – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2020
This paper provides an introduction to Lakurumau, a previously undescribed and undocumented Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea. The first part of the paper is a guide to the Lakurumau documentation corpus, deposited in the ELAR archive. The participants and the content of the deposit, the technology used for recording, and the ethical protocols…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indonesian Languages, Native Language, Language Classification
Skilton, Amalia – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2021
Ticuna (ISO: tca) is a language isolate spoken in the northwestern Amazon Basin (Brazil, Colombia, Peru). Ticuna has more speakers than almost all other Indigenous Amazonian languages and -- unlike most languages of the area -- is still learned by children. Yet academic linguists have given it relatively little research attention. Therefore, to…
Descriptors: Language Research, American Indian Languages, Archives, Ethics
Slavkov, Nikolay – Second Language Research, 2015
This article investigates spoken productions of complex questions with long-distance wh-movement in the L2 English of speakers whose first language is (Canadian) French or Bulgarian. Long-distance wh-movement is of interest as it can be argued that it poses difficulty in acquisition due to its syntactic complexity and related high processing load.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language, Linguistic Theory
Derwing, Tracey M.; Munro, Murray J. – Language Learning, 2013
Researching the longitudinal development of second language (L2) learners is essential to understanding influences on their success. This 7-year study of oral skills in adult immigrant learners of English as a second language evaluated comprehensibility, fluency, and accentedness in first-language (L1) Mandarin and Slavic language speakers. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Native Language, English (Second Language)
Dittmar, Norbert, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Papers included in this volume are: "The Muted Voice of Immigrant Workers;""The Situation of Foreign Workers in Sweden"; "Situation of Foreign Workers in the Federal Republic of Germany"; "Teaching German to Immigrant Children"; "Using Language Typology in Contrastive Studies"; "On Determining…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Classification
