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Zufferey, Sandrine; Mak, Willem; Degand, Liesbeth; Sanders, Ted – Second Language Research, 2015
Discourse connectives are important indicators of textual coherence, and mastering them is an essential part of acquiring a language. In this article, we compare advanced learners' sensitivity to the meaning conveyed by connectives in an off-line grammaticality judgment task and an on-line reading experiment using eye-tracking. We also assess the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Language, Comparative Analysis, French
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Schmid, Monika S.; Gilbers, Steven; Nota, Amber – Second Language Research, 2014
The present article provides an exploration of ultimate attainment in second language (L2) and its limitations. It is argued that the question of maturational constraints can best be investigated when the reference population is bilingual and exposed on a regular basis to varieties of their first language (L1) that show cross-linguistic influence.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Indo European Languages, English (Second Language)