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Input Effects across Domains: The Case of Greek Subjects in Child Heritage Language
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Daskalaki, Evangelia; Chondrogianni, Vasiliki; Blom, Elma; Argyri, Froso; Paradis, Johanne – Second Language Research, 2019
A recurring question in the literature of heritage language acquisition, and more generally of bilingual acquisition, is whether all linguistic domains are sensitive to input reduction and to cross-linguistic influence and to what extent. According to the Interface Hypothesis, morphosyntactic phenomena regulated by discourse-pragmatic conditions…
Descriptors: Greek, Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory
Input Frequency and Construction Interference Interactions in L2 Development
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Zhang, Xiaopeng; Dong, Xiaoli – Second Language Research, 2019
The interaction between input frequency and constructional interference receives little attention in second language (L2) research. Two studies were conducted to test the effect of this interaction. Study 1 examined effects of both Zipfian frequency (ZF) and balanced frequency (BF) on L2 learning of English subject-extracted relative clauses…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Language Research, English (Second Language)
Understanding the Sociolinguistic Variation in EFL among Arab Siblings
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Al Ghazali, Fawzi – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
This study investigated the various linguistic, psychological, and sociocultural variables that explain the sociolinguistic variation in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) among Arab siblings. The variables are not predetermined but extracted from the participants' contributions and data in a grounded theory research. The siblings participated in…
Descriptors: Arabs, Sociolinguistics, Native Language, Discourse Analysis
Bidirectional Cross-Linguistic Influence in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children: The Case of Right-Dislocation
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Ge, Haoyan; Matthews, Stephen; Cheung, Lawrence Yam-leung; Yip, Virginia – First Language, 2017
This corpus-based study demonstrates a case of bidirectional cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of right-dislocation by Cantonese-English bilingual children and interprets the results in relation to Hulk and Müller's hypothesis for cross-linguistic influence. Longitudinal data reveal qualitative and quantitative differences between…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Acquisition, Sino Tibetan Languages, Transfer of Training
Selective Attention and Transfer Phenomena in L2 Acquisition: Contingency, Cue Competition, Salience, Interference, Overshadowing, Blocking, and Perceptual Learning
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Ellis, Nick C. – Applied Linguistics, 2006
If first language is rational in the sense that acquisition produces an end-state model of language that is a proper reflection of input and that optimally prepares speakers for comprehension and production, second language is usually not. This paper considers the apparent irrationalities of L2 acquisition, that is the shortcomings where input…
Descriptors: Interference (Language), Transfer of Training, Associative Learning, Attention
Investigating Second Language Acquisition.
Jordens, Peter, Ed.; Lalleman, Josine, Ed. – 1996
Essays in second language acquisition include: "The State of the Art in Second Language Acquisition Research" (Josine Lalleman); "Crosslinguistic Influence with Special Reference to the Acquisition of Grammar" (Michael Sharwood Smith); "Second Language Acquisition by Adult Immigrants: A Multiple Case Study of Turkish and…
Descriptors: Adults, Arabic, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques