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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"L2 acquisition"”.
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L2 acquisition of nuclear accent
In acquiring a second language (L2), it has been noted that the phonetics and phonology of an L2 can be difficult for learners to acquire and many sound structures from a learner’s first language (L1) are transferred into the L2, resulting in pronunciation patterns that diverge from the native …
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L2 acquisition of Spanish telic se constructions
This thesis examines the acquisition of the aspectual properties of the Spanish se in transitive constructions by L2 learners of Spanish. Based on a parameterized distinction of the telic features in English and Spanish, this study investigates whether second language (L2) learners are able to …
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Cross -Linguistic Effects on L2 Acquisition: An Investigation of *Aspect
The findings reveal that intermediate level L2 learners were sensitive to the semantic 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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Oral Corrective Feedback, Individual Differences, and L2 Acquisition of French Past Tenses
… feedback was examined in relation to the acquisition of two French past tenses - the passé composé and the imparfait, which have been documented among the most difficult language structures for French L2 learners (Bardovi-Harlig, 2000; Harley, 1989, 1993; Kaplan, 1987). The effects of …
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Interpretation and processing of overt pronouns in Korean, English and L2-acquisition
… and English), as well as in the second language (L2) acquisition of English by Korean speakers, 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 …
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Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän: the effects of instruction on the L2 acquisition of German compound nouns
… to Genesee (2000) and Park et al. (2012), L1 and L2 do not represent two different and independent language systems in the brain but are organized in a similar manner. Drawing upon this theory, one could conclude that L2 instruction should mirror native-like acquisition. This idea is highly …
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Language universals, language typology and L2 acquisition: A cross-sectional study of adult English speakers learning Chinese
This study is an attempt to integrate the theories of language universals, language typology, and markedness with interlanguage (IL) phenomena, specifically those relating to the process of acquiring Chinese as a second language. The central question addressed is whether or not a composite theory …
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The Relative Effects of Processing Instruction and Meaning -Based Output Instruction on L2 Acquisition of the Spanish Subjunctive
MOI is unlike traditional output-based instruction in that it does not carry a mechanical component. In addition, MOI provides incidental input to learners that is focused on the target item. These issues are discussed as the most plausible explanations for the results that differ from previous …
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L1 Transfer in the L2 Acquisition and Processing of the English Genitive Alternation: Combining Learner Corpus and Psycholinguistic Methodologies
… This domain is known to cause problems in L2 learning, which may be attributed to many factors, including: (a) the relative similarity of the target structure to an equivalent structure in the learner’s L1 (surface overlap); (b) the derivational complexity of the target structure itself; …
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The Differential Effects of Explicit and Implicit Instruction: Focusing on the L2 Acquisition of Epistemic Stance by Japanese EFL Learners.
… implicit instruction on the short- and long-term acquisition of epistemic stance. This study also investigated the interaction between type of instruction and the following four variables: (1) mode of communication (writing/speaking); (2) proficiency; (3) difficulty of target forms; (4) individual …
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L2 Representations and Processing of Chinese Nominal Phrases by Speakers of Classifier and Non-Classifier Languages
A central question in second language (L2) acquisition is: What is easy and what is hard in L2 acquisition (DeKeyser, 2005)? Various answers and accounts have been provided, including the Interface Hypothesis (IH; Sorace, 2011), the Feature Reassembly Hypothesis (FRH; Lardiere, 2009), and the …
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Spanish-Speaking Learners' Acquisition of English VPE and WH-Extraction Out of VPE
… is to explore two decades-long second language (L2) acquisition issues: whether and to what extent the L2 learner's first language (L1) and Universal Grammar (UG) respectively play a role in L2 development. Targeting English verb phrase ellipsis (VPE) and wh-extraction out of VPE, four …
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Clause structure in the development of child L2 English of L1 Arabic
… longitudinal data, this thesis investigates the acquisition of clause structure from the earliest stages of language production of a child native speaker of Arabic learner of English. Specific attention is paid to the acquisition of the TP and CP systems and their related syntactic features. The …
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The Sensitive Period for Second-Language Acquisition: A Reaction-Time Study of Maturational Effects on the Acquisition of L2 Lexico-Semantic and Syntactic Systems
… experiments suggest that sensitive periods for L2 acquisition are involved both in lexico-semantics and in syntax, and that the exact nature of the effects of the sensitive periods may be different, depending upon the linguistic component and the task under examination. These findings are …
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The acquisition of finiteness in English by child second language learners in instructed contexts: age of onset and L1 effects
This thesis examines the acquisition of finiteness in English by child L2 learners by investigating the impact of the age of onset and the role of the learners’ L1 on their L2 acquisition. Following Meisel’s hypothesis that children older than 4 will resemble adult L2 acquisition in the domain of …
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Motivation des étudiants de deuxième langue, La: l'influence sur l'acquisition de la culture
Second language (L2) acquisition does not consist solely of vocabulary, syntax and conjugations, it is necessary that learners also have an understanding of the history, the people and the general culture in order to use the L2 well. Therefore, why do many students only acquire a superficial …
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The Acquisition of Morphosyntactic Properties of English Compounding and Transitivity Alternations by L1 Speakers of Libyan Arabic
… at the heart of research into second language (L2) acquisition over the past 30 years are the extent to 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 …
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Native and Non-native Grammars of Chinese Gapping-like Verb Ellipsis
This study sets off to fill in a gap in the L2 research literature on empty categories in Mandarin Chinese by examining second language (L2) acquisition of a type of Chinese verb-less constructions by English-speaking learners. The verb-less constructions in question are Chinese gapping-like …
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The acquisition of complex wh- questions in the L2 English of Canadian French and Bulgarian speakers: Medial wh-constructions, inversion phenomena, and avoidance strategies
… of long-distance wh- movement questions in the L2 English of (Canadian) French and Bulgarian speakers. The main phenomenon under investigation is medial wh- constructions (wh- scope marking and wh- copying). Such constructions are of particular interest because they are unattested in both the L1 …
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