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Individual Differences in L2 Speaker Intuitions of Phrasal Frequency and Association Strength of Multiword Sequences
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Ryo Maie; Wei Yi – Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2024
This brief report presents the results of a re-analysis of data by Yi, Man, and Maie (2023), who investigated L1 and L2 intuitive knowledge of phrasal frequency and collocation strength in multiword sequences. We utilized an individual-differences approach and examined which participant variables (age of onset, length of residence, language use,…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure, Word Frequency
Developing Question Constructions in Japanese as a First Language: The Roles of Type of Referent and Parental Input
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Uno, Mariko – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The present dissertation extracted 17,291 questions from Aki, Ryo, and Tai and their mother's spontaneously produced speech data available in the CHILDES database (MacWhinney, 2000; Oshima-Takane & MacWhinney, 1998). The children's age ranged from 1;3 to 3;0. Their questions were coded for (1) yes/no questions that include a sentence-final…
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Input, Parent Child Relationship
Text Integration and Speaking Proficiency: Linguistic, Individual Differences, and Strategy Use Considerations
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Crossley, Scott A.; Kim, YouJin – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
The current study examined the effects of text-based relational (i.e., cohesion), propositional-specific (i.e., lexical), and syntactic features in a source text on subsequent integration of the source text in spoken responses. It further investigated the effects of word integration on human ratings of speaking performance while taking into…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Syntax, Oral Language, Speech Communication