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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"L1 Transfer"”.
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Beyond Interference: L1 Transfer in English Writing Instruction for Thai Student
The findings of the two error analyses were used to develop a framework for a pedagogical grammar explicating differences between Thai/English semantic space via the concepts of contrastive mapping and contrastive examples. The study concluded with an exploration of next steps for further …
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Does L1 transfer influence Chinese speakers' intuition of adjective ordering in English
"L1 influence on second language acquisition has been shown by linguists in many areas. This study is to look into the L1 influence on English adjective ordering among Chinese ESL learners. We hypothesized that if there was a certain adjective ordering ""rule"" existing in both Chinese and English, …
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L1 Transfer in the L2 Acquisition and Processing of the English Genitive Alternation: Combining Learner Corpus and Psycholinguistic Methodologies
… to an equivalent structure in the learner’s L1 (surface overlap); (b) the derivational complexity of the target structure itself; and (c) the particular demands of the L2 task. This thesis investigates the influence of L1 transfer on L2 production, comprehension and processing among L1 …
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The Acquisition of Morphosyntactic Properties of English Compounding and Transitivity Alternations by L1 Speakers of Libyan Arabic
… which properties of a speaker’s first language (L1) transfer into their L2 mental grammars, the extent to which L2 learners’ mental grammars are constrained by an innate language faculty (Universal Grammar (UG)), and the nature of the development of grammatical knowledge. Much of the evidence …
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Cross -Linguistic Effects on L2 Acquisition: An Investigation of *Aspect
… contrasts that are instantiated in their L1, but they did not recognize the contrast if the semantic entailment is different between their L1 and L2, which suggests L1 transfer.
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Tense and Aspect Transfer Errors: A New Analysis of Transfer Errors in English Compositions of Jordanian University Students
… to provide a better understanding of the role of L1 transfer in a relatively neglected area, namely that of tense and aspect. In particular, this thesis investigates the role of transfer from Arabic into English with regard to forms and functions of the English tenses and aspects.
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The count/mass distinction in native and non-native grammar
… (L2) learners are affected by first language (L1) transfer from their native language or are instead affected by semantic universals in L2 acquisition of the count/mass distinction. Furthermore, this dissertation also examines how similarly/differently L2-learners behave in online and offline …
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L2 Representations and Processing of Chinese Nominal Phrases by Speakers of Classifier and Non-Classifier Languages
… outcomes are contingent on first language (L1) transfer, L2 input, and the interface. We explore the L2 representations of several properties related to Chinese nominal phrases: The distinction between classifiers and measure words, the incompatibility of numeral classifiers with the …
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Investigating Variability in the Acquisition of English Functional Categories by L1 speakers of Latakian Syrian Arabic and L1 speakers of Mandarin Chinese
… Patty, also an endstate learner of English whose L1 is Chinese (Lardiere 2007). The literature is divided on whether to consider the absence of overt morphology in L2 performance to be a reflection of underlying syntax, thus indicating the absence of corresponding syntactic features, or whether it …
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Syntactic Attrition in L2 Mandarin Speakers
… study endeavored to discover how a learner's L1 affects the attrition process of word order in Mandarin Chinese. To find out how certain Chinese syntactic structures were subject to attrition over time and how syntactic errors could be attributed to L1 transfer, five types of Chinese syntax …
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Competition between V₂ of RVC and Verb-Final Le in L2 Learners' Mandarin Interlanguage
… depending on how result is expressed in their L1? Lastly, do learners realize that RVCs are a highly productive construction? This thesis provides linguistic analysis that can account for differences in how change of state is expressed in Chinese and English. It also presents a second language …
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Chinese ESL writers' uses of the causative verb structure make: a corpus-based investigation
… up what extent is the MAKE construction used by L1 Chinese ESL writers, how well it is used, and in what contexts it appears. This thesis aims to use corpus-based method to investigate how L1 Chinese ESL writers use causative MAKE constructions in writing assignments. Results indicate that …
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Chinese sentence-final particles and their behaviours in English speakers' L2 Chinese
… are problematic. Findings indicate that both L1 grammar (i.e. L1 transfer) and L2 input (frequency, saliency and complexity) play important roles in affecting learners’ acquisition of the features attached to Chinese SFPs. In particular, learners seem to transfer all feature sets from their L1 …
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Noun countability judgments by Arabic speakers of English
… the use of English indefinite article and L1 transfer in L2 countability judgments by speakers of non-classifier languages, the current study investigates how Saudi EFL learners judge noun countability in English. The current study aims to find; (1) if countability judgments correlate with …
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Interpretation and processing of overt pronouns in Korean, English and L2-acquisition
… with a focus on possible first language (L1) transfer. Using offline tasks and eye-tracking measures, the dissertation seeks answers to three primary research questions (RQs): 1) How are overt pronouns in Korean interpreted? 2) How are overt pronouns in Korean processed? 3) How do the …
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The evaluation of second language fluency and foreign accent
… of [u] by learners demonstrated the effect of L1 transfer in L2 speech. The [y] production is closer to [u], suggesting that the constraint of [+back] and [+rounded] is strong in English and difficult to disassociate. It is difficult to learn Mandarin [ɨ, ] because learners need to sustain …
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Chinese character recognition in native and second language readers
Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 80008 Lift date: 2017-07-22T22:46:21Z Reason: Author requested closed access (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system
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Ellipsis in science and technology textbooks in English: Implications for Thai students
… test as they were allowed to answer in L1 and a variety of answers that conveyed the right or close meaning were acceptable. The recognition test was scored the second best while the recoverability test was scored the lowest. However, no mean score of any test reached half of the total. …