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Berent, Gerald P.; Kelly, Ronald R.; Albertini, John A.; Toscano, Rose Marie – American Annals of the Deaf, 2013
Deaf Learners' Acquisition of fundamental lexical properties of high-frequency English verbs related to transitivity and intransitivity was examined, including the subtle distinction between unergative and unaccusative verbs. A 140-item sentence acceptability rating scale was used to assess this lexical knowledge in deaf college students at two…
Descriptors: Deafness, Language Proficiency, Verbs, English
Gao, Chun-mei – Online Submission, 2007
In vocabulary testing, whether to adopt context is a heat-debated topic. In the article, an experiment is designed to investigate what is the effect of zero context and sentence context on the vocabulary testing? And how do the different kinds of context in vocabulary affect the subjects' performance? The experimental result demonstrates that…
Descriptors: Sentences, Testing, Vocabulary Skills, Experiments