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Wei Yi; Yanlu Zhong – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
This meta-analysis synthesized 35 English studies (130 effect sizes, N = 1,981) that employed online tasks to investigate the processing of multiword sequences (MWSs). We examined (a) to what extent MWSs enjoy a processing advantage over novel word combinations; (b) how such a processing advantage is moderated by statistical regularities (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Processing
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Despina Papadopoulou; Nikolaos Amvrazis; Gerakini Douka; Alexandros Tantos – Modern Language Journal, 2024
The article introduces triangulation to converge evidence from corpus and experimental data, by means of two case studies in second language (L2) learners of Greek. The first case study investigates the acquisition of gender agreement, while the second probes the development of relative clauses. In both studies, findings from the corpus are tested…
Descriptors: Greek, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zhiliang Yue; Sugunya Ruangjaroon – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2025
This study aims to provide a comprehensive profile of collocational competence, a key component of one's overall linguistic competence. For the maximum of ecological validity, we elicited naturalistic oral/written production data from 84 Chinese intermediate EFL learners and performed a 2×2 fashion of analysis on their performance in each of the…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cunnings, Ian; Fujita, Hiroki – Second Language Research, 2023
Relative clauses have long been examined in research on first (L1) and second (L2) language acquisition and processing, and a large body of research has shown that object relative clauses (e.g. 'The boy that the girl saw') are more difficult to process than subject relative clauses (e.g. 'The boy that saw the girl'). Although there are different…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Eye Movements, Task Analysis
Matthew Ayobami Ajibade – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigates the effects of native language experience and phonetic properties on the discrimination of labial-velar versus labial and velar contrasts, as well as voicing contrasts in labials, velars, and labial-velars. Research indicates that phonological perceptions are influenced by native language experience and the specific…
Descriptors: Native Language, Pronunciation, Phonology, Human Body
Steven Dale Acton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated how English language writers in a Chinese university were able to paraphrase following instruction with an online module. Participants were separated into two groups: Group A (Individuals) and Group B (Dyads). They were then trained and assessed in their ability to complete paraphrasing tasks with a pre and posttest.…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Albarqi, Ghadah; Tavakoli, Parvaneh – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
The current study examined the effects of task condition (TC; single vs. dual) and proficiency level (PL) on self-monitoring of second language (L2) speakers. Data were collected from sixty-six female L2 learners of English performing two speaking tasks under two task conditions. While performance in the single-task condition involved only…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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He, Xue – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
Chinese directional complement (DC) constructions, as a subtype of Chinese multiword sequences, are challenging to acquire for second language (L2) learners. However, little is known about L2 Chinese learners' acquisition of figurative DCs and their comprehension of literal and figurative DCs. This study investigated whether the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
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Ivana Domazetoska; Helen Zhao – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2025
The present study investigates L1 and L2 English speakers' knowledge of the "wh"-clausal construction along the parameters of (a) conventionality, distinguishing between high-frequency conventional and low-frequency unconventional formulations ("I asked him why they agreed/why did they agree"), and (b) proposition type,…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Native Language, Second Language Learning, English
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Yingzhao Chen – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
The congruency effect--that is, faster and more accurate processing of congruent multiword units, has been demonstrated in multiple studies. It is still unclear, however, what its underlying mechanism is, and how congruency may interact with other factors. Using an acceptability judgement task, this study examined the congruency effect in…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Word Frequency
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Edmonds, Amanda; Gudmestad, Aarnes – Language Learning, 2023
Usage-based approaches to additional-language acquisition have identified numerous determinants of language learning, two of which were the focus of our study: frequency and cue contingency. Specifically, we examined how an immersion experience may impact sensitivity to these two determinants as reflected in the production of 4,808 pairs of nouns…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Language Usage, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning
Christopher Nicklin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Since corpus linguistics gained popularity as a methodology in the latter half of the 20th century, second language acquisition research has seen the emergence of work investigating formulaic language, such as idioms, lexical bundles, and collocations. A collocation is a string of words that co-occur more routinely than probability would predict,…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Phrase Structure, Language Processing, Native Language
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Li, Xueli; Pongpairoj, Nattama – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2023
This study investigated L1 Chinese learners' acquisition of the English "Noun + Relative Clause (N + RC)" based on Structural Priming (SP)(Bock,1986; Bock & Griffin, 2000) and Lexical Residual Activation (LRA)(Cleland, 2003). It was hypothesized that, based on SP, when L1 Chinese learners were primed by the English "N +…
Descriptors: Native Language, Chinese, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Ayelet Sasson; Rachel Schiff; Barak Zluf – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This study assessed the effect of adjectives and noun premodifiers on L2 noun phrase comprehension and error types among English Language Learners. We also examined the correlation between L2 noun phrase comprehension and L2 reading comprehension, as well as the contribution of L2 noun phrase comprehension to L2 reading comprehension. One hundred…
Descriptors: Nouns, Phrase Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Grade 11
Xiaolong Lu – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Formulaic expressions (FEs), such as conventional collocations (e.g., fresh air) and phrases (e.g., take a break), constitute a significant part of language use in our daily lives (Erman & Warren, 2000). FEs are defined as multiword units that holistically represent a single meaning, and they are likely stored and retrieved as unanalyzed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure, Grammar
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