Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 1 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 3 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 8 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 36 |
Descriptor
Cognitive Processes | 318 |
Language Research | 318 |
Linguistic Theory | 189 |
Psycholinguistics | 132 |
Second Language Learning | 101 |
Language Acquisition | 82 |
Language Processing | 80 |
Semantics | 77 |
Syntax | 62 |
Child Language | 50 |
Grammar | 47 |
More ▼ |
Source
Author
Lantolf, James P. | 4 |
Cummins, James | 3 |
Barclay, J. R. | 2 |
Blaubergs, Maija S. | 2 |
Bowerman, Melissa | 2 |
Brewer, William F. | 2 |
Coulson, Seana | 2 |
Dirven, Rene | 2 |
Dooling, D. James | 2 |
Fay, David | 2 |
Gleitman, Lila R. | 2 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Elementary Education | 1 |
Higher Education | 1 |
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Researchers | 5 |
Practitioners | 4 |
Teachers | 3 |
Students | 1 |
Location
Canada | 3 |
Hong Kong | 2 |
Japan | 2 |
United States | 2 |
Africa | 1 |
Australia | 1 |
Finland | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
India | 1 |
Ireland | 1 |
Israel | 1 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Rorschach Test | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Hanna Ellen Muller – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The systems underlying incremental sentence comprehension are, in general, highly successful -- comprehenders typically understand sentences of their native language quickly and accurately. The occasional failure of the system to deliver an appropriate representation of a sentence is therefore potentially illuminating. There are many ways the…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Processing, Grammar, Morphemes
Manfred Pienemann; Anke Lenzing; Howard Nicholas – Second Language Research, 2024
In this article we address two key questions in the application of dynamical systems theory (DST) to second language acquisition (SLA) that have not been resolved in recent debates about this issue. The first question relates to reductionism. Is an antireductionist position a necessary element of DST? We show that the radical antireductionist…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Systems Approach, Linguistic Theory, Cognitive Processes
Bialek, Michal; Fugelsang, Jonathan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
Bilinguals who consider moral problems in their foreign language tend to endorse causing harm to others if that leads to good outcomes more than they do in their native language. Cavar and Tytus [2018. "Moral Judgement and Foreign Language Effect: When the Foreign Language Becomes the Second Language. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Moral Values, Decision Making
Elmahady Musa, Osman Rabaab; Subaiah, Sarvanan; Mohammed, Sharifa Bahia Afrin – Arab World English Journal, 2022
According to linguistic theory, conversational Implicature (CI) is the original intent of the speech expressed by a speaker. The assumption is that both the speaker and the receiver understand and respect the communication rules. In conversation theory, this is the significant component that has been the subject of discussion. This study…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Interpersonal Communication, Discourse Analysis, Speech Communication
Godfroid, Aline; Winke, Paula; Conklin, Kathy – Second Language Research, 2020
In this paper, we review how eye tracking, which offers millisecond-precise information about how language learners orient their visual attention, can be used to investigate a variety of processes involved in the multifaceted endeavor of second language acquisition (SLA). In particular, we review the last 15 years of research in SLA, in which…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Eye Movements, Language Processing, Language Research
Garcia Macias, Jose Hugo – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study investigates the relationship between three linguistic functions: thetics, miratives and exclamatives. Thetics are an information structure configuration that conveys that the information is new to the addressee. The thetic subtypes selected for this study are the following: existentials (e.g. "There are apples in the…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Language Research, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Iza Erviti, Aneider – International Journal of English Studies, 2015
This paper examines the essential features of a group of constructions that belong to the family of complementary alternation discourse constructions in English. In this group of constructions, X and Y are two situations such that Y is less likely (or more likely) to happen than X. Each member of this group (X Let Alone Y, X Much Less Y, X Never…
Descriptors: English, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Discourse Analysis, Sentence Structure
Schuler, Kathryn Dolores – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In natural language, evidence suggests that, while some rules are productive (regular), applying broadly to new words, others are restricted to a specific set of lexical items (irregular). Further, the literature suggests that children make a categorical distinction between regular and irregular rules, applying only regular rules productively…
Descriptors: Prediction, Linguistic Theory, Language Acquisition, Grammar
Yang, Hongyan – English Language Teaching, 2015
Discourse coherence is a common phenomenon in linguistic studies, and plays an important role in discourse analysis. As a common and extremely important type of language phenomena, discourse coherence has drawn more and more scholars' attention, but they emphasis on partial discourse coherence, paying a little attention to holistic coherence. The…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Connected Discourse, Guidelines, Stereotypes
Koivisto, Aino – Discourse Processes: A multidisciplinary journal, 2015
This article discusses the use of the Finnish change-of-state token "aa" that has previously not been identified. The central claim is that even though "aa" indicates a cognitive shift experienced by the speaker, it does not function as a receipt of new information. Instead, the token "aa" indicates that the speaker…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Finno Ugric Languages, Epistemology, Oral Language
O'Grady, William – Language Teaching, 2012
Most explanatory work on first and second language learning assumes the primacy of the acquisition phenomenon itself, and a good deal of work has been devoted to the search for an "acquisition device" that is specific to humans, and perhaps even to language. I will consider the possibility that this strategy is misguided and that language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Theory
Willems, Klaas – Language Sciences, 2012
This article explores the relationship between intuition, introspection and the observation of naturally occurring utterances in linguistic inquiry. Its focus is on the problems that this relationship poses in cognitive approaches to semantics and case theory within the framework of Cognitive Grammar. Given the increasing commitment of linguistics…
Descriptors: Intuition, Semantics, Cognitive Processes, Grammar
The Problem of Data in the Cognitive Linguistic Research on Metonymy: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Brdar-Szabo, Rita; Brdar, Mario – Language Sciences, 2012
The general goal of the present paper is to demonstrate how cross-linguistic (contrastive) data can broaden the perspective in cognitive linguistic research on metonymy, which may raise a host of questions calling for a revision of some widely accepted views. A more specific, methodological goal is to show how the introspection-driven research and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Motivation, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Research
Jones, Peter E. – Language and Education, 2013
This paper examines the key linguistic arguments underpinning Basil Bernstein's theory of "elaborated" and "restricted" "codes". Building on a review of selected highlights from the collective critical response to Bernstein, the paper attempts to clarify the relationship of the theory to "deficit" views…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Cognitive Processes, Models, Literacy
Rothweiler, Monika – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2010
In her Keynote Article, Paradis discusses the role of the interface between bilingual development and specific language impairment (SLI) on two different levels. On the level of theoretical explanations of SLI, Paradis asks how domain general versus domain-specific perspectives on SLI can account for bilingual SLI, as well as what bilingual SLI…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Language Research, Linguistics, Language Impairments