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From Corpora to Experiments: Methodological Triangulation in the Study of Word Order at the Interfaces in Adult Late Bilinguals (L2 Learners)
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Mendikoetxea, Amaya; Lozano, Cristóbal – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2018
This paper shows the need to triangulate different approaches in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research to fully understand late bilinguals' interlanguage grammars. Methodologically, we show how experimental and corpus data can be (and should be) triangulated by reporting on a corpus study (Lozano and Mendikoetxea in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Adults, Grammar
Language Experience Changes Subsequent Learning
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Onnis, Luca; Thiessen, Erik – Cognition, 2013
What are the effects of experience on subsequent learning? We explored the effects of language-specific word order knowledge on the acquisition of sequential conditional information. Korean and English adults were engaged in a sequence learning task involving three different sets of stimuli: auditory linguistic (nonsense syllables), visual…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Syllables, Stimuli, Probability
Acquisition of German Word Order in Tutored Learners: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Wider Theoretical Context
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Jansen, Louise – Language Learning, 2008
This article presents the results from a cross-sectional study that tests predictions of processability theory (PT) regarding the acquisition of German word order. Spontaneous production data were elicited from 21 tutored second language learners of German who are native speakers of English. Each learner engaged in a 45-min informal conversation…
Descriptors: Word Order, German, Native Speakers, Prediction
Second Language Acquisition: Research and Applied Linguistics.
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Pica, Teresa – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2003
This paper provides an overview of second language acquisition (SLA) research over the past several decades and highlights the ways in which it has retained its original applied and linguistic interests and enhanced them by addressing questions about acquisition processes. After discussing disciplinary contexts (SLA research and applied…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Interlanguage, Language Research
L2 Cognitive States and the Full Transfer/Full Access Model.
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Schwartz, Bonnie D.; Sprouse, Rex A. – Second Language Research, 1996
Defends the full transfer/full access (FT/FA) model, which hypothesizes that the initial state of second-language (L2) acquisition is the final state of L1 acquisition (full transfer) and failure to assign a representation to input data will force subsequent restructuring. The article considers two other competing hypotheses as well as several…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language)
Developmental Sequences in L1 (Normal and Impaired) and L2 Acquisition of Swedish Syntax.
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Hakansson, Gisela; Nettelbladt, Ulrika – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1993
Examined syntactic development in acquisition of Swedish as a first language in normal (L1) and specifically language-impaired (SLI) children, and acquisition of Swedish as a second language (L2). Similarity between SLI learners and L2 learners is evidence against the hypothesis that there is a fundamental L1-L2 difference. Some data are appended.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Language Acquisition