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Saffran, Jenny – Language Learning, 2014
Over the past several decades, researchers have discovered a great deal of information about the processes underlying language acquisition. From as early as they can be studied, infants are sensitive to the nuances of native-language sound structure. Similarly, infants are attuned to the visual and conceptual structure of their environments…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Cognitive Mapping, Phonology
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Ortega, Gerardo; Morgan, Gary – Language Learning, 2015
The present study implemented a sign-repetition task at two points in time to hearing adult learners of British Sign Language and explored how each phonological parameter, sign complexity, and iconicity affected sign production over an 11-week (22-hour) instructional period. The results show that training improves articulation accuracy and that…
Descriptors: Phonology, Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Accuracy
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Verhagen, Josje; Leseman, Paul; Messer, Marielle – Language Learning, 2015
Previous studies show that second language (L2) learners with large phonological memory spans outperform learners with smaller memory spans on tests of L2 grammar. The current study investigated the relationship between phonological memory and L2 grammar in more detail than has been done earlier. Specifically, we asked how phonological memory…
Descriptors: Phonology, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Indo European Languages
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Chrabaszcz, Anna; Gor, Kira – Language Learning, 2014
In order to comprehend speech, listeners have to combine low-level phonetic information about the incoming auditory signal with higher-order contextual information to make a lexical selection. This requires stable phonological categories and unambiguous representations of words in the mental lexicon. Unlike native speakers, second language (L2)…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Phonology
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Seidl, Amanda; French, Brian; Wang, Yuanyuan; Cristia, Alejandrina – Language Learning, 2014
A growing research line documents significant bivariate correlations between individual measures of speech perception gathered in infancy and concurrent or later vocabulary size. One interpretation of this correlation is that it reflects language specificity: Both speech perception tasks and the development of the vocabulary recruit the…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Skills, Vocabulary Development, Correlation
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Linck, Jared A.; Hughes, Meredith M.; Campbell, Susan G.; Silbert, Noah H.; Tare, Medha; Jackson, Scott R.; Smith, Benjamin K.; Bunting, Michael F.; Doughty, Catherine J. – Language Learning, 2013
Few adult second language (L2) learners successfully attain high-level proficiency. Although decades of research on beginning to intermediate stages of L2 learning have identified a number of predictors of the rate of acquisition, little research has examined factors relevant to predicting very high levels of L2 proficiency. The current study,…
Descriptors: Adults, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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De Diego-Balaguer, Ruth; Rodriguez-Fornells, Antoni – Language Learning, 2010
Studies about bilingualism and second language acquisition (SLA) have a long tradition within linguistic and psycholinguistic research. The contributions from psycholinguistic research are crucial to the improvement of neurolinguistic models. This importance stems from the fact that psycholinguistic research is posing more specific questions than…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Language Processing
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Schumann, John H.; And Others – Language Learning, 1978
Reports on an experiment that seems to indicate that hypnosis can improve foreign language pronunciation. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Hypnosis, Improvement, Language Research, Phonology
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Altenberg, Evelyn P.; Vago, Robert M. – Language Learning, 1983
Investigates second language phonology (English) of two native Hungarian speakers. Finds evidence for phonetic and phonological transfer but argues that there are limitations on what can be transferred. Contrasts error analysis approach with autonomous system analysis and concludes that each provides unique information and should be used together…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Language Research
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Ioup, Georgette – Language Learning, 1984
Written and oral data were evaluated by native speaking judges to ascertain the extent to which they could identify the members of the same native language group on the basis of either phonological or syntactic evidence. Results are presented and other research data are examined to see if they support these findings. (SED)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Language Research
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Dickerson, Wayne B. – Language Learning, 1976
In comparing the mechanism of a native language sound change and the acquisition of a second language phonology, it is concluded that individuals approach the learning and changing of phonology in a psycholinguistically unified way; the foreign language learner is fundamentally like himself as a native language changer. (Author/POP)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English (Second Language), Language Research, Language Universals
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Schachter, Jacquelyn – Language Learning, 1998
From perspective of a psycholinguist, discusses three leading questions that have arisen from foundational, descriptive second-language-acquisiton studies: Why are certain L2 constructions learnable and others not?; In considering input requirements, is it fair to say that adult learners can take advantage of metalinguistic information about the…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research
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Beebe, Leslie M. – Language Learning, 1977
This paper describes research that investigated the influence of the listener on the dialectal code-switching behavior of a group of Chinese-Thai bilingual teachers. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Bilingualism, Chinese, Code Switching (Language)
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Ellis, Rod – Language Learning, 2001
Provides an historical sketch of form-focused instruction research, defines what is meant by form-focused instruction, and discusses the main research methods that have been used to investigate form-focused instruction in terms of a broad distinction between confirmatory and interpretive research. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
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Gierut, Judith A. – Language Learning, 1988
Integrates the phonological research concerns of two language-learning populations: (1) adults acquiring a second language, and (2) children learning to correct functional speech sound errors. The basic theoretical and pedagogical aims overlapped for the two populations, and the results of research on either population had strong potential for…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
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