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Wright, Clare, Ed.; Piske, Thorsten, Ed.; Young-Scholten, Martha, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2018
This book examines key issues in theories of what language is and what happens in the mind during second language acquisition (SLA), inspiring readers to think in new and exciting ways about language learning and teaching. Chapters, written by both established and rising star scholars, provide cutting-edge insights and new empirical findings on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Syntax, Phonetics
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Tooley, Kristen M.; Konopka, Agnieszka E.; Watson, Duane G. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
In 3 experiments, we investigated whether intonational phrase structure can be primed. In all experiments, participants listened to sentences in which the presence and location of intonational phrase boundaries were manipulated such that the recording included either no intonational phrase boundaries, a boundary in a structurally dispreferred…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Phrase Structure, Priming, Sentences
Slobin, Dan I. – 1970
This paper represents a preliminary attempt to determine universals of grammatical development in children. On the basis of language acquisition data, a limited number of findings are presented in the form of suggested developmental universals. These universals are grouped according to the psychological variables which may determine them, in the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Grammar, Information Storage