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Investigating First and Second Language Speaker Intuitions of Phrasal Frequency and Association Strength of Multiword Sequences
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Yi, Wei; Man, Kaiwen; Maie, Ryo – Language Learning, 2023
In this study, we investigated the accuracy of first language (L1) and second language (L2) speakers' intuitive judgments of phrasal frequency and collocation strength, and examined the linguistic influences that give rise to these judgments. L1 and L2 speakers of English judged 180 adjective-noun collocations as (a) high frequency, medium…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Decision Making
Generalizing Knowledge of Second Language Collocations: The Roles of Within- and Cross-Language Similarity on Acceptability and Event-Related Potentials
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Pulido, Manuel F. – Language Learning, 2023
Recent research has shown that knowledge of second language (L2) collocations is important to learners for improving their language processing and production but also that acquiring L2-specific collocations is a very burdensome task for learners. Thus, bootstrapping knowledge of L2 collocations through generalization is highly desirable, but this…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
A Generative Approach to the Instructed Second Language Acquisition of Spanish "se"
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Juffs, Alan; Fang, Shaohua – Language Learning, 2022
This article focuses on the role of crosslinguistic patterns with verbs in the mapping of noun phrases/semantic roles to positions in morphosyntax, with a particular focus on second language (L2) development of Spanish "se." The data set derives from high school learners of Spanish in the United States under broadly deductive and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Collocational Processing in Light of the Phraseological Continuum Model: Does Semantic Transparency Matter?
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Gyllstad, Henrik; Wolter, Brent – Language Learning, 2016
The present study investigates whether two types of word combinations (free combinations and collocations) differ in terms of processing by testing Howarth's Continuum Model based on word combination typologies from a phraseological tradition. A visual semantic judgment task was administered to advanced Swedish learners of English (n = 27) and…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction