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Murakami, Akira; Ellis, Nick C. – Language Learning, 2022
We investigated whether the accuracy of grammatical morphemes in second language (L2) learners' writing is associated with usage-based distributional factors. Specifically, we examined whether the accuracy of L2 English inflectional morphemes is associated with the availability (i.e., token frequency) and contingency (i.e., token frequency…
Descriptors: Grammar, Morphemes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sagarra, Nuria; Ellis, Nick C. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2013
Adult learners have persistent difficulty processing second language (L2) inflectional morphology. We investigate associative learning explanations that involve the blocking of later experienced cues by earlier learned ones in the first language (L1; i.e., transfer) and the L2 (i.e., proficiency). Sagarra (2008) and Ellis and Sagarra (2010b) found…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning