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Direct linkVigliocco, Gabriella; Vinson, David P.; Siri, Simona – Cognition, 2005
Italian speakers were asked to name pictures of actions (e.g. "bere", to drink). Pictures were presented at the same time as distracter words that were semantically related or unrelated to the picture names, and were of the same or different grammatical class (verbs or nouns). Half of the participants named the actions as verbs in citation form,…
Descriptors: Semantics, Grammar, Italian, Pictorial Stimuli
Ellis, Nick C. – Applied Linguistics, 2006
If first language is rational in the sense that acquisition produces an end-state model of language that is a proper reflection of input and that optimally prepares speakers for comprehension and production, second language is usually not. This paper considers the apparent irrationalities of L2 acquisition, that is the shortcomings where input…
Descriptors: Interference (Language), Transfer of Training, Associative Learning, Attention
