The effects of simplification, linguistic item, and language experience on second language learners' attention to form contained in the input

Cognitive theory postulates that during the early stages of second language acquisition (SLA), constraints on adult second language (L2) learners' information processing mechanism are largely responsible for what is attended to in the input. Recently, some psycholinguistic studies have begun to investigate the domain of input processing in an effort to understand what L2 learners attend to in the input and how they process this input. Some studies specifically address the concept of intake, which is distinct from input. Intake is defined in this study as that part of the input that has been attended to by L2 learners while processing input.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Spanish

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Leow, Ronald Philip

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lee, James F.

• Education, Language and Literature
• Language, Linguistics
• Education, Educational Psychology

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Leow, Ronald Philip

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9136657
(UMI)AAI9136657

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19994