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Compressing Learner Language: An Information-Theoretic Measure of Complexity in SLA Production Data

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Ehret, Katharina; Szmrecsanyi, Benedikt – Second Language Research, 2019

We present a proof-of-concept study that sketches the use of compression algorithms to assess Kolmogorov complexity, which is a text-based, quantitative, holistic, and global measure of structural surface redundancy. Kolmogorov complexity has been used to explore cross-linguistic complexity variation in linguistic typology research, but we are the…

Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Difficulty Level, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Research

Native and Second Language Interference in Learning a Second Foreign Language: The Case of Bemba-Speakers Learning French in Zambia

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Chishiba, G. M.; Mukuka, J. – African Higher Education Review, 2012

Language interference is one of the factors that affect language learning by many learners of second and third languages. In Zambia, the impact of language interference on the learners of French requires closer attention. Our literature review shows that few studies have looked at the impact of interference from Zambian languages on the learners…

Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Interference (Language), Foreign Countries