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Jensen, Isabel Nadine; Slabakova, Roumyana; Westergaard, Marit; Lundquist, Björn – Second Language Research, 2020
The Bottleneck Hypothesis (Slabakova, 2008, 2013) proposes that acquiring properties of the functional morphology is the most challenging part of learning a second language. In the experiment presented here, the predictions of this hypothesis are tested in the second language (L2) English of Norwegian native speakers. Two constructions are…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages)
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Olsen, S. – System, 1999
Describes a study of English writing by Norwegian English-as-a-foreign-language learners. Language problems on different linguistic levels are analyzed and the theory of compensatory strategies is used to explain the process behind the production. Results show that less proficient learners have a higher number of grammatical, orthographic, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Foreign Countries
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Lindberg, Carl-Erik, Ed.; Lund, Steffen Nordahl, Ed. – 2000
The two volumes of these working papers include articles by linguists from Scandinavia and other parts of the world. Under the heading, "The Use of IT in Grammatical Analysis/Parsing" are five articles: "Creating Inflecting Electronic Thesauri"; "Tagging Speech Data--Constraint Grammar Analysis of Spoken Portuguese";…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Uses in Education